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K5tarDec 15, 2017

Truly disappointing. Feels like the franchise has lost its soul. Very 'Disneyfied' and felt like a strange mash-up between a Michael Bay and a Pixar film. Misplaced humour, random plot points, clueless bad guys and eternally lucky good guysTruly disappointing. Feels like the franchise has lost its soul. Very 'Disneyfied' and felt like a strange mash-up between a Michael Bay and a Pixar film. Misplaced humour, random plot points, clueless bad guys and eternally lucky good guys with no risks taken with the characters or plot. Almost every event is entirely predictable long before it plays out. Very sad as I wanted to like this.… Expand

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OGWizardDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A shallow, pandering cash-grab.

The first scene in the Last Jedi is a completely failed attempt at humour; an exchange between Po and Hux that is clearly intended for comic effect, but falls completely flat. Unfortunately, this scene sets the tone for the rest of the movie as the film is absolutely brimming with poor one-liners, quips and Marvel-style eye-rollers.

Characters from the Force Awakens and original trilogy have all been equally wasted here. The Last Jedi offers a plot that goes practically nowhere, with more holes in it than swiss cheese. Each character arch is more uninspired than the last - especially that of Finn. Finn was perfectly set up after the end of Force Awakens, with the potential to become an incredible character within the Star Wars universe - so what do we get? I can only describe it as a circus act, a dreadful scene on the planet of Kantobyte, with his new-found crybaby companion (Who is so completely forgettable, I can't even remember her name).

Luke felt slightly out of character, and definitely did not live up to his potential as an all-powerful Jedi Master. Snoke was possibly one of the most 'WTF' moments in the film, he came and went like a fart in the wind. Where did he come from? How did he rise to the top of the First Order? Did he create the First Order? Who is he? Who trained him? Are there other Sith? Where are the Knights of Ren? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like we will ever have answers to these questions, since Rian Johnson doesn't feel any of it is worth explaining.

With all that being said, there are some great scenes on offer; Kylo and Rey fighting side-by-side is superb, but the few enjoyable scenes just aren't enough to overcome the sheer atrocities that make up the rest of the experience.

This is not a movie for the fans. This a movie made to bolster a new generation of Star Wars films that will ultimately make a **** of cash for Disney.… Expand

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BellepopDec 18, 2017

As a fan of SW, I can't see this movie as real canon, this is pure fan fiction with very bad decisions. I'm really disappointed, the story is a joke, it seems almost a parody of the main characters from the Original Trilogy of SW. If you're aAs a fan of SW, I can't see this movie as real canon, this is pure fan fiction with very bad decisions. I'm really disappointed, the story is a joke, it seems almost a parody of the main characters from the Original Trilogy of SW. If you're a fan of the first 6 movies made by G.Lucas, stay away from this new trilogy.… Expand

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SineQuaNonDec 15, 2017

After seeing this film and reading all these negative reviews, the nays have it. All of these poor reviews are justified. Without rehashing the many things that were wrong with this film or the few things that were satisfying, let me justAfter seeing this film and reading all these negative reviews, the nays have it. All of these poor reviews are justified. Without rehashing the many things that were wrong with this film or the few things that were satisfying, let me just say there are "A" students and "C" students. JJ Abrams is uber-talented, Rian Johnson, not so much.… Expand

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Lure71Dec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There was one sentence in the trailer,“It's Time For The Jedi To End”, that what came out at the end of movie literally by huge plot holes, hollow characters and a lost religion.… Expand

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CirrobroDec 15, 2017

Aside from dismantling what made the Original trilogy so special, The Last Jedi also somehow manages to toss everything that made Episode 7 interesting out the window.

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BitByteBoyDec 15, 2017

This movie at best seemed so typical, majority of the plot twist in it seemed like you could have seen it coming or just not liberate enough. I think the whole setting for the movie was off.It feeds off nostalgia from the old movies but inThis movie at best seemed so typical, majority of the plot twist in it seemed like you could have seen it coming or just not liberate enough. I think the whole setting for the movie was off.It feeds off nostalgia from the old movies but in such a cliché way. At the end of it i really cant say that i enjoyed this movie.… Expand

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tinman217Dec 15, 2017

This slopplily written, poorly paced film doubles down on the directions of the force awakens, fully reverts the galaxy back to the state of the Original Trilogy, negates the legacy of Episode 1-6; and what's worse, completely ruins LukeThis slopplily written, poorly paced film doubles down on the directions of the force awakens, fully reverts the galaxy back to the state of the Original Trilogy, negates the legacy of Episode 1-6; and what's worse, completely ruins Luke Skywalker as a character. Two films deep into the trilogy, the film is yet to establish a single new character that has any similar impact as that in the last two sagas. Those characters that were promised to play big roles in the last instalment were discarded in the most unsatisfying manner. It still relies on the OT characters for emotional impact, while at the same time stomps all over what happened in the OT. With some spectacular set pieces and amazing cinematography in places, those who were not that invested in Star Wars previously may find it an enjoyable ride. But a portion of Star Wars fans would find themselves in the same position as Mark Hamill when he first read the script: 'fundamentally disagreeing'.… Expand

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NoMenLikeMeDec 15, 2017

Somehow both lazily written and overly complicated, this movie throws away so much of the potential established by its predecessor. The glaring lapses within its internal logic and its wild tonal swings ruin any immersion in the vibrant StarSomehow both lazily written and overly complicated, this movie throws away so much of the potential established by its predecessor. The glaring lapses within its internal logic and its wild tonal swings ruin any immersion in the vibrant Star Wars universe.… Expand

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lucascrum1Dec 15, 2017

Awkward humor, forced or bad answers to commonly asked questions after Force Awakens. The conflict, pain and suffering never felt real. So many things wrong with this film and it could have been salvaged a little by simply making Luke doAwkward humor, forced or bad answers to commonly asked questions after Force Awakens. The conflict, pain and suffering never felt real. So many things wrong with this film and it could have been salvaged a little by simply making Luke do something truly bad ass. I left feeling empty and unexcited for episode IX, JJ Abrams has a tall task ahead of him to take this steaming pile that Rian Johnson left him. There needs to be a new villain introduced in Episode IX 100% more bad ass, feared and scarier than what Kylo Ren is. So bad. Critics raving about this movie are idiots.… Expand

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Juan-OliverDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Entretiene, es verdad, pero es mala por donde se le mire. Los personajes no solo carecen de motivaciones concretas o realistas, además son torpes y muy bufones. Es como si Starwas se mezclara con Guardianas de la Galaxia, lo que produce confusión y hace muy ridículas muchas partes. Disney ha llevado el film a una exposición de múltiples personajes y naves para vender. (Spoilers de aquí en adelante) La fuerza y lo que la fuerza puede ser sigue distorsionada y no pretende ser canónica. La trama NO responde ninguna de las preguntas sobre Rey, ni sobre Snoke, ni sobre la fuerza como energía en este nuevo escenario, o el Rol político del Nuevo Orden. Incluso la aparición de Yoda es tonta e innecesaria!!. Luke está distorsionado como personaje (lo dijo Mark Hamill en entrevistas) aquí hay un buena interpretación pero el problema esta en la trama. Los agujeros en la trama son EVIDENTES, suenan a recortes de montaje, pero aun así, no están a la altura de lo que yo espero de un film como este. puntos a su favor es que debe ser el episodio más bello, visualmente hablando, de toda la saga... Pero la capacidad del director no logra dar en el tono para sacar adelante un guión débil como este.
Lo único correcto para mi es el título "El último Jedi" ya que es el último que veré en el cine, Disney mató la franquicia, el resto de los episodios por venir los veré en el TV cable. La esencia de Starwars ha muerto.… Expand

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aghoDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Left the cinema incredibly disappointed. So many things wrong with this movie which makes me worried for the future of the franchise with the countless spin offs and yet another trilogy on the way.

Cons: -CGI in some places was terrible, they managed to make this film look worse than TFA and RO. Some very dodgy looking scenes and the animals on the casino planet looked shoddy. -Acting was less than impressive (although Adam Driver and Mark Hamill were great).
-Luke, who faced both Vader and Palpatine and managed to sway Vader back into the light side, was scared of Kylo Ren, who had not even gone to the dark side yet, and, for a brief moment, tried to kill him. Completely out of character. -Princess Leia flying through space (no explanation needed).
-The whole Finn and Rose sub plot was not needed, boring and bad. It slowed the film down considerably, was completely pointless in the end, introduced DJ (who was incredibly irritating IMO), 5 minutes talking about how cruel the animals were treated (why is this needed) and were conveniently thrown into prison with a hacker. -Snoke, who in TFA was made out to be this all powerful Sith Master, is killed off halfway through. No explanation to his backstory, who he was, how he came to power. -Poe stalling Hux at the start. Again, no explanation needed. -Captian Phasma, like in TFA, literally does nothing in this film and, even worse, is killed. Probably had about 10 minutes screen time in both movies combined. -Comic relief/cringey 'jokes' every 5 minutes.
-Unanswered questions from TFA. How was Anakin's/Luke's lightsaber found? What's happened to the Knights of Ren?
-Poe and Finn, although my favourite characters from TFA, fell flat in this movie.
-Luke dying.
-BB8
-Pogrs.
(I would mention Rey's parents basically being nobodies, but I don't think we've got the actual answer to that yet).

Pros:
-Kylo Ren was the most interesting character by far. Adam Driver was excellent.
-Some cool visuals - e.g when the Supremacy gets blown up. -Luke vs Kylo scene.
-Yoda.
-Enjoyed the training of Rey and Luke.
-Thought Daisy Ridley was good, still think Rey is a good and interesting character.
-Kylo Ren + Rey v Snoke's bodyguards.… Expand

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elis000Dec 15, 2017

This film never stops to breath and moves through character story-lines without much care. It had some great moments but overall I thought crucial scenes just happened without any motivation. In the end I didn’t really care much. TheThis film never stops to breath and moves through character story-lines without much care. It had some great moments but overall I thought crucial scenes just happened without any motivation. In the end I didn’t really care much. The characters were mostly just shells to spit out lines and you could tell that the actors weren't believing their lines. The two best performances were by Adam Driver, although I get sick of his temper tantrums, and Mark Hamill, whose Luke Skywalker is just chewed up and spit out with a heavy dose of cynicism and misery. I was ready to leave when it was over. The jokes got old and the Porgs were silly.… Expand

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yogsotothDec 15, 2017

I generally don't write any critic but too much is too much. How much critics got paid to give a good note to this movie. It was an awful experience. Its a very bad movie and an even more terrible Star Wars. The 3 points are for some sceneI generally don't write any critic but too much is too much. How much critics got paid to give a good note to this movie. It was an awful experience. Its a very bad movie and an even more terrible Star Wars. The 3 points are for some scene with nice special effets and Laura Dern. But if you are a SW fan. Make yourself a service and imagine that movie doesn't exist and the last Star Wars was Rogue One.… Expand

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williamkungDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. D-I-S-G-R-A-C-E. Shame on you, Disney. I seriously do not understand how the vast majority of professional critics are giving his movie such high marks. Especially when the general audience are so mixed. Disney, how much did you have to pay your PR machine to make this happen? You now have two Star Wars duds on your hands over the 2017 Christmas season. EA's Battlefront II and now this.… Expand

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CharroDec 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I waited 2 days after watching the movie to write this as I didn't want to do it while I was so angry as I was back then. And that's why I give a 3 and not just a plain 0.

I will resume easily here what was the movie for me: a Star Wars fan since I came out from the cinema from seeing The Return of the Jedi:

What I liked from the film:
- Ren and Rey relationship
- Laser sable fight against the Red Shy Guys
- Luke, in general (Except the parts of milking the alien and similar forgettable ones)
- The unexpected twists (like killing Snoke or Luke not being there)
- In general, the last half an hour of the film

What I didn't like:
- All the rest

The best thing to say about the movie:
- Benicio del Toro

I mean, there was a moment while watching the movie when I realized that I wanted to see more about Benicio del Toro's character but not about Rose & Finn and their little running lambs, or Leia, or Poe, or the woman with Purple hair, not even about anything of what was happening to the rebels, a moment in which I realized that actually I just didn't care if Finn was going to kill itself to save the Rebellion.
It was on that moment when I was sure that something was very wrong with this movie, a feeling that I didn't have with episode VII, even when there were also some embarrassing moments in that movie like those with Han Solo, Chewie and the Alien Squids from Outer Space.

In The Force Awakens I found some things I didn't like, but the global result was more than OK.

Here, I found some things I like, but the global result is boredom and embarrassment (Look, an Unidentified Flying Leia !!)

Now I understand why JJ Abrahams ran away from this, Disney had taken over everything.… Expand

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octopusprimeDec 15, 2017

This was the most disappointing Star Wars for me yet. So much potential but it never lives up to any of it. A dull, no emotion, no guts movie that belittles the viewers intelligence. An empty box with fancy wrapping paper and a pretty bow.This was the most disappointing Star Wars for me yet. So much potential but it never lives up to any of it. A dull, no emotion, no guts movie that belittles the viewers intelligence. An empty box with fancy wrapping paper and a pretty bow. Star Wars Fans and Fans of well crafted Films will be disappointed. Families and average movie goers might enjoy the good visuals and bad cheesy humor.… Expand

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zb313Dec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLJ feels like it was directed and written by people who have never even watched the PT/OT.

The Last Jedi was terrible. I would rather watch Attack of the Clones a hundred times over than watch this disaster of a movie again. Between the hatchet job on Luke's character and his arc in the OT, the forced comedy and tonal issues, Rey's force abilities being completely unexplained (I think they are changing the force into a superpower that requires literally no training now based on the scene with the kid at the end), the heavy handed shoehorning-in of the "next generation" characters who I find to be completely underdeveloped, unlikable, and annoying, offing Snoke without any backstory or answers. And the biggest WTF moment which was Leia flying through space and turning what at first I thought would have been an acceptable sendoff for Carrie into one of the most weirdest and distracting scenes in the entire franchise. Even Laura Dern was disappointing, there was something about the way she acted her character that was off-putting and didn't really work for me. This movie was an absolute trainwreck. It felt like TFA and TLJ had completely different tones to the point that it was distracting. The way TLJ handled force powers and Rey's unbelievably fast transition into force-god makes me feel like this universe is cannibalizing its own rules and the dissonance between the 3 trilogies is reaching ridiculous levels.

My issues with Luke's character in TLJ is that he faced down Palpatine and Vader in the OT, always believing there was good in Vader and successfully redeeming his father. Seeing the good in others is central to Luke's character. Kylo Ren has done absolutely nothing to earn the same level of respect story-wise and from the audience as Palpatine and Vader. He's a nothing, a poser. That has been established by TFA. So Luke's conflict with Ren feels so...wrong. It doesn't make sense. He was being manipulated as a teen by Snoke, and Jedi Master Luke couldn't do anything about it and actually considered murdering him in his sleep before Ben even attempted anything? After everything he accomplished in the OT? Are you kidding me? TLJ not only retroactively makes TFA worse, but also makes the character journeys of both Luke and Anakin less meaningful.

I can't be the only one extremely annoyed that they never bothered to flesh out the New Republic AT ALL? Or at least explain how Snoke was able to create such a strong military in the shadows to be able to overthrow the government? Now that the writers established that Snoke was a joke deserving no background or context in lore with his anticlimactic death, we're supposed to believe that the New Republic was just that weak and incompetent?

Positives: Benecio Del Toro, the creatures, seeing Mark Hamill again even if his character was butchered. I'm glad Rey's parents ended up being a nonfactor, I was holding my breath thinking the movie was going to disappoint me further with an awful reveal.

I miss George. The Sequel Trilogy is severely lacking in the coherent vision and themes present in both the Original Trilogy and the Prequel Trilogy.… Expand

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warrennuilaDec 15, 2017

The Last Jedi had a handful of amazing moments that were overshadowed by embarrassing dialogue, unrelenting kids humor, and major story choices that leave you feeling really unsatisfied. The film felt more like a live action Disney musicalThe Last Jedi had a handful of amazing moments that were overshadowed by embarrassing dialogue, unrelenting kids humor, and major story choices that leave you feeling really unsatisfied. The film felt more like a live action Disney musical than a space opera.… Expand

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johnwilliamrossDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought Rey was supposed to be the main character but she doesn't do anything. She just magically becomes a Jedi after less than 18 hours of training (her training was intercut with the slow-speed, OJ's white Bronco-style space chase in which they said they only had 18 hours of fuel left) and one lesson that she completely botched (she messes around with a lightsaber too, but Luke just watches her from far away--guess she's got that covered). But what's worse is that she doesn't even really want to be a Jedi! In FORCE AWAKENS, she's constantly avoiding the idea (when she finds Luke's lightsaber, she says, "I don't want it!" and runs away, and right before that she tells Han she just wants to go home). And the force, to her, seems more like an annoyance. She's always talking about this thing that's inside her like it's an ulcer or something that she's trying to get rid of, and when Luke asks her what she thinks the force is, she's really flippant and gives him some stupid answer about "you know...lifting rocks and stuff." No reverence, awe, wonder or curiosity whatsoever. Wouldn't be so bad if she eventually learned something and grew to appreciate these awesome abilities, but she treats Luke and the caretakers like total garbage. Her only motivation for anything she does in any of these movies seems to be...well, I have to because the Luke Skywalker character in these ones is a girl this time.

Then when the third act comes around, the movie just throws up its hands and gives up on Rey. She all but disappears during the finale except to fly around and shoot TIE fighters from the Millenium Falcon's laser turret, which we've established time and time again is something that any character can do. And then the final sick joke in which she lifts some rocks--her mockery of the force brought full circle--as if Rian Johnson was listening to Weird Al's "Yoda" while writing.

I suppose I somewhat enjoyed the ending. I actually didn't mind Luke's story in this movie--it's okay to let a character go dark as they age, no matter how good they might have been before. But it was so Luke-centric that the other characters got sidelined. I was really hoping the new characters--Finn, Rey, Kylo, Phasma--would be developed more in this one, but they don't do anything. Even worse, they don't seem to WANT anything!… Expand

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yarnspinnerDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When searching for a descriptor for this film, pedestrian comes to mind. If you are looking for a patchwork quilt of nostalgia that blatantly grabs entire scenes from Episodes 4, 5, and 6, this is the movie for you. It seems like its creators were not interested in doing anything other than tugging at the strings of nostalgia with the hopes of selling tickets to the masses. For a long awaited movie like TFA, it worked, for TLJ, it becomes cumbersome and tiring. Every scene, and I mean EVERY scene and narrative element is taken directly from its predecessors. Master Jedi training scene with reluctant Jedi Master (ESB) it's in there; throne room confrontation with a powerful leader who pushes for the "dark side" (ROTJ), it's in there too; cheesy bar scene, got it; Journeying to the other side in the form of the cave of reflection while being trained(ESB), got that too. And the list goes on. When the movie attempts to be original, it only provides non-sequitur moments and characters that only confound the narrative and confuse the viewer. The movie is like a bad cover band who hopes to get you dancing by playing the tunes from your youth, but winds up failing miserably because they are horribly out of sync and out of tune. It becomes ever clear that this movie will be a jumping off point for SEVERAL franchise knock offs looking to do nothing but take our time and money with the hopes of capturing nostalgia and providing unnecessary back stories that only further confuse the audience. Like Luke and his gratuitous milking of the beast on Jedi Island, and choking it down in one gluttonous gulp, Disney will continue to force the magic of that "green milk" Galaxy of nostalgia down the throats of fans who are asking, no begging, for something of substance on which they can chew.… Expand

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omerla23Dec 16, 2017

It's clear that the vision for the new trilogy includes discarding and complete disregard for previous star wars lore while adopting cheap tropes instead of an actual profound, interesting or the at the very least sensible plot.
all that isIt's clear that the vision for the new trilogy includes discarding and complete disregard for previous star wars lore while adopting cheap tropes instead of an actual profound, interesting or the at the very least sensible plot.
all that is left of star wars is an empty shell.
To paraphrase general hux:
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BillmelaterDec 16, 2017

I'm still mystified by what I saw. The movie differs so much in tone, is so sprawling, and at least in the case of one plotline is completely unoriginal. If you're going to steal a plotline, at least do what Abrams did in Episode VII andI'm still mystified by what I saw. The movie differs so much in tone, is so sprawling, and at least in the case of one plotline is completely unoriginal. If you're going to steal a plotline, at least do what Abrams did in Episode VII and steal a previous Star Wars plotline. The jarring changes in tone, even within scenes, is off-putting to say the least. The arbitrariness behind how the director, producer, and writers discarded what was built in Ep VII is worthy of pause. It's clear they want to take the series in a new direction, but the casualness with which they are discarding tradition and story is mind-boggling. Even putting all that aside, the viewer will be frequently lost as the film bounces around from one scene to the next, wondering if anything of significance will finally move the story forward.

Wait for the Blu-Ray, if you insist on watching.… Expand

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qmanchooDec 16, 2017

Logical plot fallacies always have an 'opposite side of the coin' and you can typically accept some form of explanation. However, I get 'mentally taken out' of a movie when there are too many unnecessary 'jokes' and 'slapstick moments' withinLogical plot fallacies always have an 'opposite side of the coin' and you can typically accept some form of explanation. However, I get 'mentally taken out' of a movie when there are too many unnecessary 'jokes' and 'slapstick moments' within a story that is largely designed to be taken more seriously than not (OT had slapstick moments, but mostly with the characters meant for these moments and they were carefully placed). This is especially true for scenes that are supposed to highlight the lore that makes SW so great. It's fine to have comedy, but if scenes clearly designed for gravitas and emotion get their bubble popped by unnecessary, and in many cases strangely placed, comedy you start to lose your emotional investment in both film and characters. Disney and Rian take this to new heights here and it's just not for me unfortunately. This movie is for kids and teens not a 35 year old fan of the OT. I'm afraid Disney SW movies wont be the revival I'd hoped and I'll just have to re-watch the originals from time to time (although Rogue One was pretty darn good).… Expand

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nigerianman28Dec 16, 2017

Weak structure really makes this film fall apart. At 152 minutes, the film could have packed an immense story, but decided to cram three different plots with no connection to the other. The flow ended up feeling like flying through anWeak structure really makes this film fall apart. At 152 minutes, the film could have packed an immense story, but decided to cram three different plots with no connection to the other. The flow ended up feeling like flying through an asteroid belt. A diversion onto Kanto Brine and meeting Benicio del Toro served no purpose than to introduce new commercial toys. It functioned no purpose on the plot, and worst of all, all new characters did nothing. In all, this film lacked any theme. It had an inconsistent tone, inserting jokes in the most serious intended scenes. Did Marvel writers stumble on the wrong project?

This film felt like an insult to anyone who enjoyed Star Wars. It destroys purpose of the Jedi; the purpose of training; any sense of consistency; and worst of all, any purpose of a story in a franchise. The film literally tells the audience dressing in masks and costumes is stupid, not to look up to heroes, there is no bad or good, and most stinging of all, there is no need for reading texts or back stories. Burn all copies of this movie and refer anyone asking for Episode VII or VII to play Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy.… Expand

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HoppinDec 16, 2017

Great visuals and score mixed with questionable edgelord humor, terrible writing, character assassination, and much more. This writer/director, in his obsession to subvert fans' expectations, has delivered the worst Star Wars film of allGreat visuals and score mixed with questionable edgelord humor, terrible writing, character assassination, and much more. This writer/director, in his obsession to subvert fans' expectations, has delivered the worst Star Wars film of all time. The movie has a distinct lack of Star Wars feel in its editing; lots of jump cuts favored over elegant wipes, not to mention the cluttered, disjointed pacing. I could go on and on but I won't.… Expand

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ActualyCriticalDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first half is a cheap copy of ESB, almost copying some aspects of it line-for-line. It begins with an evacuation. Rey, a young person from a remote desert planet, is about to learn from the last existing Jedi Master who's in exile on a hidden, watery, misty planet with rough terrain, and every second of this makes you hope that some aspect of it will be fresh. Meanwhile, Finn and his not-a-princess girlfriend goes and meets a swindler/gambler type person who sets him up with an imperial ambush while Leia is being frozen. The silver-armored bounty hunter gets the credit and reward for the imperial setup. The subordinate lord (Kylo Ren) of a dark lord (Snoke) sets a trap for the protagonist (Rey) and she goes to him and falls right into it. Sound familiar? It's exactly what happens in ESB.

The second half is a cheap copy of ROTJ, almost copying some aspects of it line-for-line. Rey hands herself in and is taken to a throne room in binders with Emperor Sid-I mean Snoke and Lord V-I mean Kylo Ren. She witnesses the near-final destruction of the Reb-I mean Resistance through a patterned window. She sees the conflict within Kylo Ren and turns him onto her side and he defeats Snoke during a period of overconfidence. Meanwhile, Poe thinks that Finn will have that tracking device down, he just needs to give him more time. The millenium falcon comes down to the planet the rebels escaped to and drives ties through a trench area that just happens to look dark-reddish and mechanical and the thinking is the narrow route might destroy them. Sound famiiar? It's exactly what happens in ROTJ.

What little remains of the film is unique. Luke dies due to an aneurism from using the force so much that he effectively had transformed into a force ghost and left his current existance, resulting in his vessel's aneurism and death. When he realised this he completed the transition into a force ghost. His death felt bizzare, pointless and unexplained, frankly, since nobody even killed him.

There is no proper lightsaber battle in this film. Finn fights with a vibroblade. Rey fights Luke with a stick, a bit. Kylo and Rey sort of clash their lightsabers a tiny bit, but not properly. Kylo and Rey team up to defeat the Royal Guards and their vibroblades in a lengthy fight. Luke's force duplicate clashes his ghostly lightsaber with Kylo Ren, a bit, sort of. There's no proper lightsaber battle at all, yet the untraditional fighting scenes, mostly involving vibroblades, oddly leave you more satisfied than the films which had full blown lightsaber battles. How this is I do not know.

The ending leaves the story in the same place it is at the start of EP4, with a strong (albeit less strong) empire and a weak rebellion. Since it's hard to follow what happens in these new films, the Republic had their home planet and government destroyed in EP7 paving the way for the First Order to win over star systems and once again become the dominant government of the galaxy with the good guys being rebels again.

Perplexingly, although Leia appeared to die, she managed to survive because of her force power. It appeared to be an excellent way to kill her off given her real life death, but instead she appears to survive in the film and continues to be the overarching general of the Resistance (or Rebellion again now, I guess). And Disney have vowed not to reuse recent footage or use CGI. How they will explain that away in a way that isn't lame, without any footage of her, is as perplexing to me as it is to you, given how her son Kylo will want to interact with her. Had her actor lived though, I would not have a problem with the way in which she survived, unlike many other reviewers.

To be fair, there is original stuff weaved into everything that's been redone and I'm sure there is a long list of personal achievements for the cast and crew in this film, but as a viewer watching the final product you just cannot ignore how it did a cheap copy of not one, but two previous films to the point the lines were almost identical or deliberately cringey.

To be fair to Rian Johnson, he almost had no choice but to rehash EP5 and EP6 after JJ Abrams' previous film rehashed EP4. Furthermore, there is little you can do other than to repeatedly train up a new apprentice every 3 episodes and build them up the same way Luke was, while there is only one other Jedi left. In order to create original storylines, they need to re-establish the Jedi Order and the Sith Empire so there is the same capacity for originality that KOTOR and SWTOR have had.

In spite of this negative review, the film was better than The Force Awakens because of the originality that was weaved in, the feeling of it being longer and the fact it didn't feel like we were rushing through it so much. Unfortunately, it was still worse than the original 6 due to the sheer fact that it is a rehash of them.… Expand

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dhruv_daveDec 16, 2017

Completely underwhelemed by this. This only goes on to prove how critics are disconnected with the actual audience, just as in case of DC where most people love the movies and critics pen it as worst movies possible. People really should stopCompletely underwhelemed by this. This only goes on to prove how critics are disconnected with the actual audience, just as in case of DC where most people love the movies and critics pen it as worst movies possible. People really should stop even referring to critics. I personally only trust audience score. I should have waited reading audience reviews before wasting my time and money on this one.… Expand

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javisanGDec 16, 2017

This movie brought with it a lot of hype and questions that the force awakens didn´t answer. They didn´t respond to our demands. Cinematographically speaking it was good and it was a good story but the focus too much on innecesary things andThis movie brought with it a lot of hype and questions that the force awakens didn´t answer. They didn´t respond to our demands. Cinematographically speaking it was good and it was a good story but the focus too much on innecesary things and humor that was good but from my point of view they had put most of the film around it. The act of luke was the mostremarkable thing of the film, but at the end because his attitude in the beginning doesn´t match with the luke we used to know. To conclude i think it was a good story but not well made.… Expand

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mmmwhateverDec 16, 2017

Despite the visual effects and amazing soundtrack, the film lacks personality and comes across as a cash grab with plenty of fan service. The plot is thin and the sense of humor is just... bad. Disney's attempt to please everyone is the mainDespite the visual effects and amazing soundtrack, the film lacks personality and comes across as a cash grab with plenty of fan service. The plot is thin and the sense of humor is just... bad. Disney's attempt to please everyone is the main responsible for making Episode VIII so generic.… Expand

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MephasmDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What The Force awakens set up with the story and characters, The Last Jedi managed to nullify that. Everything that TFA teased was basically zeroed out by TLJ. They went a totally different direction believing that it would feel unique and different from the rest of the movies but that attempt resulted in a really problematic outcome. It didn't even feel like a star wars movie, at least not for me. They totally ruined the character arcs and the star wars myth. I mean Luke projecting himself halfway across the galaxy just to serve the plot and then just dying from Force exhaustion was just plain stupid...Not to mention Leia surviving in the vacuum of space and then force pulling herself to safety...more like a generic sci fi than a Star Wars movie. Yes the entire movie didn't feel like its Star Wars but a generic sci fi movie with unnecessary subplots and forced humor. I really tried to like this movie because i'm a big star wars fan but they just went too far with everything in this movie.… Expand

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americanpatriotDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - The Last Jedi is Rian Johnson losing a Senate seat in Alabama. Riding llamas through Las Vegas???
- Why is there a Hunger Games/Fantastic Beasts subplot AT ALL?? Does NOTHING for the story—the codebreaking sequence is literally totally ditched. Wasted, BORING 30 min. In the middle of a Star Wars movie.
- Rose is a terrible, useless, annoying character.
- Why do Finn and Rose go all the way across the galaxy for THE MASTER CODEBREAKER and then randomly get put in a cell with a perfectly good codebreaker who just happens to be waiting to escape when they need him? - Halfway through the movie I actually thought “I wonder if I’m going to watch this again.” I should *never* think that in a Star Wars film. I still can’t believe it crossed my mind. I LOVE Star Wars. I saw the Phantom Menace and the Force Awakens four times *each* in theaters. I am NOT a hard Star Wars critic.
- SO. MANY. BAD. JOKES.
- Bill Weasley is so freaking annoying.
- We both know the two characters with fake-out death scenes should have died or not had those fake-out death scenes.
- NO backstory on Snoke???? NOTHING on Rey’s parents?? These were major questions from TFA! Rey’s lineage was a MAJOR theme in TFA. No continuity with Abrams. Hopefully J.J. saves these in Episode IX.
- Also, I initially thought The Last Jedi was original. Upon further reflection, I’ve realized that he freaking copied and pasted almost every major plot point from Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. No idea what they’re going to do in Episode IX because The Force Awakens already stole everything from A New Hope.… Expand

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DonjuanwDec 16, 2017

Im not a bot and ive followed and watched every Star Wars film there is and i have to say that this is the worse ive seen (Clone Wars is number 2) the story is inconsistent with holes, character development issues, unentertained fillers. ItIm not a bot and ive followed and watched every Star Wars film there is and i have to say that this is the worse ive seen (Clone Wars is number 2) the story is inconsistent with holes, character development issues, unentertained fillers. It was like the Director wanted to end the Star Wars universe in one film. The jokes were forced into some of the scenes and had less storm troopers than any other film. Total disappointment… Expand

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Farmboy74Dec 16, 2017

Not since the Phantom Menace have I left the cinema disappointed by a Star Wars film. I'm also wondering which film the critics have watched because it cannot be the same one I have just watched. It does not desearve the high scores. INot since the Phantom Menace have I left the cinema disappointed by a Star Wars film. I'm also wondering which film the critics have watched because it cannot be the same one I have just watched. It does not desearve the high scores. I realise that there will be new ideas, but the whole things just falls flat. The Force Awakens gave us some new interesting characters and the job of the middle film is to build on these ideas and move the story on and leave everything on a cliff hanger.
The Last Jedi does none of that, it does not go onto to build the characters any further and misses the great oputunity to set up the cliff hanger for the next film. Most of the ideas from the Force Awakens are thrown away as are some of the characters. The worst Star Wars film ever? No, that will always be the Phantom Menace, but this does come perilously close.… Expand

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SchoolOfTheWolfDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before I get into The Last Jedi, I would like to provide some background of where I am coming from. I am twenty-one years old and I have been a fan of Star Wars for as long as I remember. I grew up in the age of the prequels, and while I have gotten new perspective on them in time, I still have a fond attachment to the Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith (Clone Wars is a different story). But like many fans, nothing really tops the original trilogy for me. While The Force Awakens had clear reused material, I still walked out of the theater two years ago as excited about Star Wars as ever. They had introduced a new cast and set up for what I though could be a strong trilogy. They intruded the Big Baddy Snoke and teased there might finally be answers behind the old Palpatine's master questions. ----------------------------------------------------
Then there was the Rogue One, a gritty and darker Star Wars film that toke me by surprise. An isolated cast of characters that did not need to rely of all the big names of the other movies that would fill in a series long question about the Death Star and the Empire. This film quickly rose to become one of my favorites, perhaps just behind Empire Strikes Back. Plus the ending scene with Vader... you know what I'm talking about. Never before had I felt legitimate fear of a Star Wars Villain. This movie gave me hope. ----------------------------------------------------
Now, the Last Jedi was marketed as a darker film. "Time for the Jedi to End" This quote caught my attention. Would they finally be moving back from the singular story of the good guy Jedi and the bad guy Sith? Could this be the story where they explore the duality and balance of the force? No. I saw this film on opening night and I cannot recall a deeper sense of disappointment in a film about a series I love. ----------------------------------------------------
You will see many viewers claiming that they finally told a new story and that Star Wars fans just can't handle that, or that if you liked Force Awakens and not this film then you are not a true fan. This is the biggest punch in the gut for me. I cannot see how the film told a new story as it reused old tropes from Star Wars and other films relentlessly, and failed to commit to truly daring developments at every opportunity. Instead they give you flashy, Fast and the Furious style, action scenes and shallow character developments. There must be three or four different times where a main character is saved from death at the last minute. Sure, there is no Death Star, but that does not make this story new. ----------------------------------------------------
Inspiration from Empire is clear. There is a remake of the Dagobah scene, a student learning very little about the force from their master before rushing off to do something stupid against their master's will. There is a “join me and we will rule the galaxy scene”, and even a poor rendition of the Hoth battle scene on an all white salt planet this time. A Salty Hoth battle if you will. ----------------------------------------------------
But, it was the forced humor that got to me the most. Every couple of minutes there had to be a forced gag. The opening scene amounts to a T-Mobile "Can you hear me now" skit with a your mom joke. Comedy was used to cover substance. I certainly laughed at a joke or two, but that is the number of jokes that felt in context during the film.
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The ending digs it home and disposes of one of the series long best characters in a way I can only think the writers must have thought would be a meaningful send off. But their death seems so out of place that I felt no emotional impact whatsoever which seems like a plot driven waste. ----------------------------------------------------
The soundtrack was well certainly well done, but is misused often. Every mention of Vader required they play 8 notes of the Vader theme song just in case you don’t know who Vader is. Visually the film is spectacular and the team did excellent work with the sets, costumes and design.
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Unfortunately those pros over overshadowed for me as the film amounted to not much more than cheap payouts. The director and writers seem to have misunderstood everything that Star Wars fans loved. Meaningful character development, slower and more impactful moments with humor when it actually fits, and plots with logical twists and turns and not just for the sake of throwing people off. To those that enjoyed this film, I am happy that you found peace and prosperity in your new empire. To the rest of us, let's hope they make the next Star Wars with actual passion and our beloved series isn’t left to die with thunderous applause.
(Sorry for the poor format and dashed lines, my site kept grouping my paragraphs together when I would submit. I did my best to force organize it.)… Expand

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U_r_stupidDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler
that's all the Finn scenes done. Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue,Mary Sue, Ok done Rey

El generic emo child with ok voice, El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
El generic emo child with ok voice,
K whino ren is done

wtf, wtf, wtf, wtf, wtf, wtf, wtf, wtf,
ok we got leia covered oh did I mention this movies plot is revolved around a ship running out of fuel?… Expand

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MedengineDec 23, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I did not like this movie. I left the theater asking what it was I just watched. It was a pretty movie with nice effects and to some degree it keeps you on your toes about what will happen in the plot... but this is not Star Wars! Take the casino planet which most everyone hates, it looks like Las Vegas. Star Wars has, for the most part, been able to create a rich and exciting galaxy that feels foreign and new. This movie hit way to close to home for more reasons more than one. I don't care for what happened to Luke and all the side stories. This movie was made by a cinematographer, not a story teller.… Expand

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octopusinksDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The opening scene with its Spaceballs attempt at humor immediately took me out of the movie. Then throughout the movie it constantly feels forced, and interrupts any good time I may have been having by making it deliberately goofy. I won't waste any words, on the plot holes, those have been extensively covered. I left the movie theater feeling perplexed at what I just watched. No sense of satisfaction, no joy. I left feeling like it was such a waste. TFA, while repeated the originals formula, at least created new characters that we were excited to find out more about and gave us new characters to love and hate. This movie treats all the characters in the film, including our most beloved, as completely expendable with zero emotion. I look forward to someone from the internet doing a "Phantom Edit" version of the movie. There were some scenes that I really enjoyed. However, overall it makes me feel like the story is ruined and leaves me with no interest in seeing how end up. I just don't care about whats left of the characters or plot.… Expand

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KhaleeshDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a terrible movie, and I'll tell you why:
1) Lousy designs - Everything that wasn't lifted out of the OT and repainted is boring, unmemorable, and hamstrung by a lack of internal logic. Take the bombers from the opening scene; how can you even have a bomb bay on a spaceship? Do the bombs all have tiny rockets on them to make them "fall?" Snoke looks terrible; he looks like one of the monsters from I am Legend stole a bathrobe from Caesar's Palace. Star Wars has traditionally given birth to some of the most iconic designs in all of cinema. The only new element which works on any level is the porg. These little guys seem to have had a clear vision behind their design and execution, and the result is both adorable and memorable. Granted, that vision was merchandise, but I'll give credit where credit is due.
2) No Story - I can't even fathom trying to write a 4th grade book report on this script. So The Resistance is trying to destroy the First Order, a massive death cult with seemingly inexhaustible resources and manpower led by a mysterious and powerful figure whose personal motivations are never explained and who is now dead. His apprentice who killed him either wants to team up with Rey to rule the galaxy or murder her. Rey, who until very recently was deeply interested in learning the identity of her parents and the source of her connection with the Force, now has to decide if her love triangle with Finn and Kylo has become a love square with Rose, a rebel security guard/saboteur/pilot/social commentator with strong views about arms manufacturing. Rey also retains her title as Ultra-Mary-Sue by failing to grow, change, or develop in any way and receiving the official stamp of approval from Yoda himself, who confirms that she is indeed too cool for school. Luke is a bitter old man who establishes no meaningful relationship with any of our new characters and serves as a brief but useful decoy during the nth escape scene before literally vanishing into thin air. Bottom line: this is not a story told through the medium of film; it's a series of things that happen on film.

3) The Score - This really requires no explanation. If you've seen the movie, you understand.

Overall, I give this film a 3, as there is in fact a smattering of strong visuals and good performances throughout the overly-long 152 minute run-time. That said, I would not recommend this film to anyone. Were it not for the irresistible gravity well of the Star Wars IP, this movie would surely fail on its own merits.… Expand

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operator_errorDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **Contains Spoilers** The Last Jedi was overall a disappointment. Only good part of this movie was the Kylo Ren - Ray story line. The Luke Skywalker storyline was the worst part. He should have gone down in the flesh fighting the bad guys using crazy force powers. Instead he was a coward, I think he died of a heart attack. The Rebel - First Order combat was also pretty bad. A third grader must have thought it up. There is no gravity in space, you don't have to fly over the dreadnought to drop bombs on it. The subsequent ship chase made no sense. The First Oder could have easily destroyed the Rebel ship with tie fighters or having other ships light speed in front it. The space combat aspect of this movie was garbage. The movie is very sexist, all the male characters were either stupid, cowardly, or evil. The humor was hit or miss, sometimes good sometimes misplaced. Disney will make tons of money on this movie but the franchise is in trouble.… Expand

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pastacheesecakeDec 16, 2017

Boring, absurdly long, no character development, questionable jokes, almost nonexistent cohesion; it almost feels like this was a fanfiction written by a 14-year-old nu-metal fan. BAD.

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RkapoorDec 16, 2017

The Last Jedi was more Space Balls than Star Wars. Acting and imagery were great. But the story was a weak transport ride of an arch, and the forced humor was lame (Luke brushing his shoulder off?). So disappointed!

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aircygnusDec 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How is it that Rogue One with its original/ superior story, character development and relatively insignificant plot holes gets an 85% and TLJ gets 93? I am sure if this script was not backed by Disney nor part of the SW family, it would have gotten a less stellar reception. Far too many attempts at creating subplots, especially subplots that is irrelevant to the story. Even the prequels had better attempts at plot twists vs this. The idea that a uber powerful villain that should have had a back story that stretches prior to the prequels (given his assume age) should have been similar as Palpatine and not be killed so inconsequentially. Luke persona in the SW universe would never have tried to kill his sleeping nephew nor would have fallen into that state of depression. As powerful as Anikin was with the force, he still needed years of training and he still had his arm chopped off. How is it that Rey reads the cliff notes version and becomes an expert?

I have far more issues with the film but will run out of space. No way is this equal to the tight story that empire was. If you know Mass Effect, this makes me feel the same way as I did after playing all 3 games and then got the middle finger from EA with the 3rd ones' original ending.

SW is not the SW of our youth as much as you hope it will be. It has been commercialized like a modern pop star. It lacks the vision and storytelling of the originals.… Expand

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grafpappaDec 17, 2017

It had a few good moments and scenes, yet the writing is terrible. The film is full of plot holes. While i was watching i never had the feeling, that im watching a star wars movie. It felt like a **** Marvel film. Its being disrespectful withIt had a few good moments and scenes, yet the writing is terrible. The film is full of plot holes. While i was watching i never had the feeling, that im watching a star wars movie. It felt like a **** Marvel film. Its being disrespectful with Luke and the force itself.… Expand

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SL3Dec 17, 2017

This movie distills Star Wars into a series of action set pieces loosely connected by jokey one liners and fake out twists. It is overly long, disjointed and poorly paced, like they tried to cram everything in but the essence of telling aThis movie distills Star Wars into a series of action set pieces loosely connected by jokey one liners and fake out twists. It is overly long, disjointed and poorly paced, like they tried to cram everything in but the essence of telling a good story got lost in the mix.

Nearing the end I realised I'd been groaning at how ludicrous it all was, instead of getting lost in the moment and cheering along. It looks like Star Wars...but it's not.… Expand

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Airsyck73Dec 17, 2017

As I prepared myself to be in awe of this movie, I came to a profound realization. I had built this idea in my head that The Last Jedi would be so amazing, that I almost didn't realize I hadn't seen the movie yet. Well, upon exiting theAs I prepared myself to be in awe of this movie, I came to a profound realization. I had built this idea in my head that The Last Jedi would be so amazing, that I almost didn't realize I hadn't seen the movie yet. Well, upon exiting the theatre, I felt crushed. Star Wars has been a part of my life for so long that I honestly feel that saying I DIDN'T like it was almost like saying I no longer love my children. I felt conflicted. It was, for lack of a better description, a mess. Non-sensical, silly where it needed to be serious, and basically everything that was once sacred was tossed to the street. The actors are amazing. The visuals are stunning. But the plot... well, what plot?
I don't want to provide spoilers, so I'll summarize by saying that instead of writing a review, I feel like I'm writing a eulogy. Star Wars had a brilliant life. I believe that this was a final, gasping breath by a franchise that has lost the force. RIP.… Expand

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VenomousFDDec 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the movie is like marmite you're either going to love it or hate it. as a passionate star wars fan this movie really missed the mark I'm still confused over the writing and general plot direction, the feature was plagued with unnecessary jokes and failed to utilise important characters to their full potential.

although there are some great visual scenes like the throne room fight and the fight on the salt plains, poor character development from the likes of phasma, finn, Luke and Snoke left me questioning the script and it didn't feel like a star wars film anymore.

if youre planning to watch the film don't go in with any expectations don't get me wrong its good as a film but not part of a story trilogy… Expand

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EvgenSDec 17, 2017

I've registered here just to leave my feedback to this movie.

I was thinking that the Force Awaken was just a bad start and it won't get any worser... I was wrong. The plot is predictable and boring, dialogs are pathetic even for childrenI've registered here just to leave my feedback to this movie.

I was thinking that the Force Awaken was just a bad start and it won't get any worser... I was wrong.
The plot is predictable and boring, dialogs are pathetic even for children auditory. It's a big shame for me as SW fan. Complete disappointment... :(

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Thank you Metacritic for opportunity to see real ratings and feedbacks… Expand

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JuaneloDec 17, 2017

After the most shocking opening scene in any Star Wars movie (in the wrong possible way) I realized in horror TLJ is not the spiritual sequel to TFA but to Spaceballs. Awkward, embarrassing comedy, plot holes, characters who don’t evolve inAfter the most shocking opening scene in any Star Wars movie (in the wrong possible way) I realized in horror TLJ is not the spiritual sequel to TFA but to Spaceballs. Awkward, embarrassing comedy, plot holes, characters who don’t evolve in any direction… things as basic as pace or continuity are broken. It feels more like a super high budget amateur fanfiction, a bunch of action set pieces put together with no sense of story or even logic. TLJ manage to waste the Force Awakens and original trilogy legacy alike, leaving you emotionless and disappointed. Is not only a bad STAR WARS movie, it’s an awfully bad movie. Kind of fishy how all the critics are praising this: Disney tentacles are long indeed!

The good? Well, visually stunning at times. The acting in general is far superior to TFA. Actors do a good job with the poor material they’ve been given to work with.

Other than that, just boring.… Expand

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Phoenixxx2000Dec 17, 2017

This is more a Disney movie than a Star Wars movie.
While had some good action moments, it feels so empty when the plot doesn't make any sense.
All the new cute creatures you've seen on the trailers are absolutly meaningless to the plot andThis is more a Disney movie than a Star Wars movie.
While had some good action moments, it feels so empty when the plot doesn't make any sense.
All the new cute creatures you've seen on the trailers are absolutly meaningless to the plot and are only there to sell more toys.… Expand

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GrampusDec 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Critics are clearly being paid off! Low brow humor and mindless action aren't the only things being MILKED in the last Jedi. Parts of this movie are good, but much of it is laughably bad. The bantha boobs and nut sac alien are disturbing and unnecessary. The negative reviews are spot on. I'm sorry Mark. I'm sorry Yoda. F U Disney. I'm sorry bantha. :( P.S. Kylo Ren is pretty cool I guess.… Expand

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HyapeDec 17, 2017

As it was said before - it's looks like Star Wars, but sounds like "Marvel Wars or Disney Wars. Unlogical, with stupid jokes every moment".

Visual effects - nice. Music - nice. Scenario - unbelievable awful.

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Ntn68Dec 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last Jedi is just a Disney movie with a bad video game side quest. Princess Leia becomes Mary Poppins, we learn nothing about an easily killed Snoke, & Luke is denied a hero's death in battle. Hamill, Fisher, and Ridley shine in a poorly written story. Somewhere, Walt Disney's frozen head is trying to take over the galaxy and there are no more Skywalkers to stop him.… Expand

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kntwDec 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've never said anything bad about any Star Wars movie. I've never complained about anything, not even, not the dialogue, not the plot, not George Lucas and his special editions, not even Jar Jar Binks because I understood why these things were the way they were. I expect change, and at least every movie has tied in well with 'Return of the Jedi', until the last two. I avoided everything I could in the run up to this movie. I didn't watch one trailer, I didn't follow any news at all, bar the sad news of Carrie Fisher which was unavoidable. I had no expectations, I had no preconceived opinions or doubts or fears for the first time since I was a child. Yet, for the first time in my life, I left the theatre feeling nothing about what I just saw. I facepalmed in the cinema and I felt the discomfort of those around me. Everyone left the theatre in silence for the first time I've ever known.

It appears to have an underlying message built in with the film. Which is to end everything, everything that the fans love, the Jedi, the Sith, the Skywalkers. It takes a huge dump on everything George Lucas built. It's a message not only to the fans, but to George Lucas too. It's Disney announcing their presence, casting aside and alienating the fans from before in favour of a new generation of fans. One needs only to look at how the reboot to Star Trek was handled, to make the link to this kind of handling of a franchise is JJ Abrams, the script for this movie had to get past him, it was made with his advice and input. Just like how Vulcan went up in flames in Star Trek and he started a clean slate and alienated the original fans of Star Trek there, he has done the same with Star Wars. These movies are meant to be about the Skywalker's, hence why they are all connected. With Rey, we get someone whose parents were nobody but she is somehow so strong in the force she can do all kinds with minimal training from Luke, and even defeats him in a duel. If Kylo Ren dies in the next movie, then the Skywalker lineage is wiped out, rather than being redeemed. Hopefully they won't make that mistake. Snoke's scenes are far too similar to the Emperor in ROTJ to take seriously, the dialogue is pretty much the same and then he is simply killed in an instance, so all the time people invested into his character and all the talk about how powerful he is, is simply nullified in one simple ignition of a lightsaber. Uninteresting characters come out of nowhere, like Rose, a clear marketing ploy for China which I don't mind as long as the character is relevant, but her whole storyline seems thrown in and so out of place. It's like a Sitcom with a side plot that bares barely any relevance to the main plot. Nothing seems to really tie into place. If they wanted to start fresh, why not create a whole new saga in a different time frame? Why build a new story off the backs of the movies that came before, only to make the stories irrelevant. The sacrifices characters made irrelevant. The time and energy fans invested into them are now irrelevant. It's time to move on and leave Star Wars to the next generation.… Expand

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DarthVread005Dec 17, 2017

Disappointing, cluttered movie with no sense of direction and waisted characters. I have read and written better fan fictions than this movie. Still visually stunning though. Good comedic moments and loved every scene with Luke and Rey. GoodDisappointing, cluttered movie with no sense of direction and waisted characters. I have read and written better fan fictions than this movie. Still visually stunning though. Good comedic moments and loved every scene with Luke and Rey. Good to see Mark Hammil in a new star wars movie where he actually talks.… Expand

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BeepingbApr 23, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the all time worst Star Wars films, ranked above Phantom Menace and Attack of Clones, but that is it. The fact that the critics loved it is evidence of Disney's terrifying control over the media. 1. Too long, 2. Poor acting by most except Driver and Hamill (Ridley okay), 3. Canto Bight, 4. Out of gas space chase, 5. Luke is portrayed as a confused coward. Better he would have just been the villain. 6. The Porgs/obvious merchandising, 7. the replay of Hoth at end, 8. Superman Leia, 9. Ackbar dies off screen, and 10. Admiral Purple Hair (great actress) awful character, and 11. Do not even let me discuss the atrocious Rose/Finn plot line and the Phasma atrocity. At least Phantom Menace knew it was for kids. Last Jedi has such cringe worthy kiddie moments combined with over the top Star Wars violence that it makes sense who this movie was targeted at other than reviewers paid off by Disney. There is no honest review that says this is a good film. If you are not a big Wars fan, you may not hate it. There are a couple beautiful shots and some of the special effects are great. (Canto Bight a MAJOR exception). But no one would call this a classic or even remotely compare it to the originals. My son summed it up best in two short sentences: "There was no big sword fight. That was boring dad." Rian Johnson should never be allowed near a script again, but shame on Kathleen Kennedy and everyone at Disney who thought this neophyte should be trusted to draft the second installment of a major franchise. Zero credentials as a script writer and dubious credentials as a director. As much as Johnson is being slammed and deserves to be slammed, most of the blame must fall on the executives who green lit this buffoon and allowed this travesty to hit the theaters. Yes, it made a fortune because we all loved Star Wars. No, I will not see the next installment and would prefer a complete reboot of the series rather than suffering through the Rey/Ren trilogy once again.… Expand

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AcesUpURsDec 17, 2017

I had such high hopes after the very well done The Force Awakens. But they really messed it up. Sigh... I don't even know if it's fixable. Too many plot holes. Too much terribly placed comedy. Terrible written. Just all around ugh forI had such high hopes after the very well done The Force Awakens. But they really messed it up. Sigh... I don't even know if it's fixable. Too many plot holes. Too much terribly placed comedy. Terrible written. Just all around ugh for what could of been a master piece.… Expand

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wraverdsDec 20, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cinematography: 10 out of 10
Special Effects: 10 out of 10
Soundtrack: 10 out of 10
Acting: 7 out of 10
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Everything else is a solid ZERO! GARBAGE MOVIE… Expand

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nvmb3rth30ryDec 18, 2017

As an older fan hoping to be taken in an exciting new direction by this promising-sounding Star Wars film, I left feeling disappointed in every respect by the script. The remainder of the production - acting, music, VFX and direction, wereAs an older fan hoping to be taken in an exciting new direction by this promising-sounding Star Wars film, I left feeling disappointed in every respect by the script. The remainder of the production - acting, music, VFX and direction, were all excellent - but as a narrative it was a pitiable disaster. The worst of all possible outcomes for a movie audience is to end up not caring about the characters, and that is where this travesty of a film led me. All surface and no depth = wasted opportunity.… Expand

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e-methodDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Twilight. Disappointing.
The movie has a lot of plot holes.
Some bad CGI one some parts.
Weak Villian.
Weak Heroes.
Confusing Script.
A Failure in General.… Expand

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benz123Dec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1. Good development of Kylo character.
2. Average development of Rey character.
3. Unnecessary killed Snoke (probably in favor of Kylo's character development - i.e. did what Vader wasn't able to do).
4. Poor Mark Hamill...
5. Leia flying in space - Disney OMG.

Overall typical Disney movie. Sadly.… Expand

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brofrist99Dec 18, 2017

The good guys are diverse and the bad guys are white British guys. and to top it of the characters are boring and make dumb choices makes no sense. even the prequels are better than this movie.

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DacanestaDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pacing. Tone. Character deviations. Distracting side plots diluting main (interesting) plots. Cringy moments. 'Humour' downplaying drama. Disregard for classic characters (death of Ackbar, pathetic screen time to R2 and 3PO). Troublesome new force powers that create huge problems for past and future films (holograms!). Troublesome powers that also render a scene waaay less dramatic (an non-existent lightsabre duel! COOL!). Dull characters I have no interest in watching 'develop'. Desire to shock meaning plot going all over just to stay ahead of audience. ANYTHING ELSE IM MISSING?!?!… Expand

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majawatDec 18, 2017

There's some eye-catching set pieces, so you'll enjoy it in the theatre. But in retrospect, the story wastes interesting characters on literally useless side quests and meaningless deaths. The core light/dark side struggle has zero payoff asThere's some eye-catching set pieces, so you'll enjoy it in the theatre. But in retrospect, the story wastes interesting characters on literally useless side quests and meaningless deaths. The core light/dark side struggle has zero payoff as no character grows or learns anything, and we are left exactly where we started - waiting for the next movie.… Expand

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mikespikinDec 18, 2017

Great at times, very poor at others. But as a sequel to The Force Awakens, not great at all - it's like RJ decided to make a sequel to an imaginary version of TFA that only existed in his head. I saw it on opening night, as I left the cinemaGreat at times, very poor at others. But as a sequel to The Force Awakens, not great at all - it's like RJ decided to make a sequel to an imaginary version of TFA that only existed in his head. I saw it on opening night, as I left the cinema I wasn't sure how I felt about it. Thinking about it since, the basic plot, muddled character development and the multitude of missed/squandered opportunities are harder and harder to ignore due to their impact on the trilogy or the brand as a whole. Such a disappointment.… Expand

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zombiehandlerDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really wanted to like this film, it had great moments with amazing special effects BUT with that said there is serious issues with the storyline. Let's start with Yoda, I love Yoda but why is he "old" and barely moving around when Anakin was made young again at the end of Ep6. Also he's solid not a ghost. Why was Admiral Akbar killed off with no fanfare and who the hell is the second in command with Leia? Why should I care about here???
Speaking of caring, what's up with Finn & Rose and their pointless adventure that was painstakingly slow. Not a fan of Rose's acting ability just not good...
I'll end with Luke's ending (but I could go on). For a powerful Jedi, they never let him go full Jedi. I mean when he faced off against Emo, sorry I mean Kylo, I was so ready for him to raise arms and knock down AT-AT's like dominos, I have played games with Jedi's who brought down Star Destroyers. Hologram Luke was a fail!… Expand

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echetlosDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all it was a movie to see in the cinema, well done Disney BUT it was NOT a Star Wars movie. Where to start from the throw away of Anakin lightsaber scene, from the goofiness of Rey, from the milking alien, from the eternal chase, from the f*** space I'm Mairy Poppins, from Snoke scene "I can read your mind" and "I make you connect you fools" dead by Kylos ignite lightsaber throw the Force, from Phasma the badass you always fall down, from the luke super-saiyan scene and many many more. Aaaahhh!! And Lukes death-force ghost, come on who the hell directed it the high school movie team. Not a Star Wars movie period. I watch all the movies-animated series and I loved them but this. No..No...Noooo...Noo....Hell..NO… Expand

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ShaunDavidKingDec 18, 2017

Faithful Star Wars fans will not be pleased. Rian Johnson's Last Jedi is a masterclass in bad-form and poor taste. Visuals are as good as FA or R1, but the story, tone, mood, and pacing are a disaster. Last Jedi goes in a radical &Faithful Star Wars fans will not be pleased. Rian Johnson's Last Jedi is a masterclass in bad-form and poor taste. Visuals are as good as FA or R1, but the story, tone, mood, and pacing are a disaster. Last Jedi goes in a radical & disappointing new direction that discards what Force Awakens had set up. Entire main characters from FA are reduced to cameos or quickly discarded. Plot threads from FA are not explored but are quickly/brutally dead-ended. Characters/Lore from the OT are mocked & handled very disrespectfully. Plot holes are huge and everywhere. This film should rightfully be named "The Last Star Wars Movie".… Expand

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illuminatusDec 18, 2017

Horrendoues movie that is just a bit better than the abysmall TFA. Useless villains. no plot, no logic, no light saber duels, stupid gags that feel completely out of place, all actions defying the logic and rules of the world established inHorrendoues movie that is just a bit better than the abysmall TFA. Useless villains. no plot, no logic, no light saber duels, stupid gags that feel completely out of place, all actions defying the logic and rules of the world established in the previous 2 trilogies.

The initial space battle is good, the final battle - even though calling it a battle is an overstatement - is beautiflly shot, and we have 2 good supporting characters - the rest are completely wasted.

The movie completed the butchering of the great Lucas saga that started with TFA. We have a great Skywalker story, a good spin-off (Rogue One), great TV animated series - but we do not need more of this junk.… Expand

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jesusGLDec 18, 2017

No tiene trasfondo en los personajes, en especial los villanos, como película esta bien, pero como película de star wars esta nefasta. No hay ese misticismo y enseñanzas que nos dejaban las anteriores películas, donde quedo la trama.

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AmazeKingDec 18, 2017

3/10 for the overall amazing visuals. Unfortunately there was nothing else to the movie. Very pointless plot with no cohesion. Subplots that go no where. Focus on characters that serve no purpose. No sense of world building. Corny moments and3/10 for the overall amazing visuals. Unfortunately there was nothing else to the movie. Very pointless plot with no cohesion. Subplots that go no where. Focus on characters that serve no purpose. No sense of world building. Corny moments and tone deaf humor. I could go on but I'd rather forget I ever watched this "Star Wars" film. Play KOTOR 1 and 2, much better plot, characters, world building, and story telling.… Expand

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luffydmonkeyDec 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I got the impression Ryan Johnson got in to destroy Star wars lore and troll JJ Abram That's the only explanation I can come up with after Watching the last Jedi beside obviously Disney trying to sell us useless toys.
More seriously I loved Rogue One and I very much enjoyed TFA.The latter wasn't perfect but the characters were consistent and very likable with a great dynamic between them, the action was on point and the question that were set up were nothing but exiting.And more importantly the Star wars mythos was still standing strong.

TLJ however did not make any sense.It didn't bother making any significant and meaningful characters growth to the old and the new (aside surprisingly for rose)and to answer half the main driving questions and themes brought up in the previous episode(and when it did it was in very poor fashion or stupid manner). It isn't a bad made movie per say but Story and characters wise it was so off I got the impression that sometimes I was watching an entirely new but less entertaining saga.Plus nothing felt earn in it..aside from some nice visuals and action scenes there is not much there I enjoyed.

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If you are still reading my post and wanna know why I am so disappointed just look at the following and tell me if i am wrong to be. - we still don't understand what the hell is the first order, whence they come and how they rose up to preeminence?
-How the resistance came about to be ,why there is even one?
-Where does Snoke come from? why is he so powerful? and how...can kylo kill him so easily knowing how powerful he is..like i am still scratching my head over this.
-What is Rey's origin and why is she so powerful?(stating her parents are nobodies does not answer that a tiny bit)
-Why Kylo turn to the dark side
who and where are the knight of Ren? -How comes Finn has been able to escape from his conditioning as a Storm trooper.
Why does Luke refuse to go back to help the resistance after he gave a map to R2D2 so that the resistance can find him ? How comes he cannot feel the force in Rey when he first see her?
why would Luke even try to kill his young nephew when he is not even able to kill his dad (Darth Vader) who was the most evil villain beside the emperor we have ever witnessed and the almost perfect embodiment of darkness. Why would he wanna leave the whole galaxy without Jedi to protect it knowing evil is still around just because he got upset.
Why would Finn try to leave the resistance knowing that Rey will come back after he's been ready to sacrifice his life for her three times?
How does it happen that Finn can fight Captain Phasma so easily without any training and having been kicked his ass by a less ranked Stormtrooper.
Why is kylo so obsessed with Rey without even knowing her ?
How comes lea has power now?
Why can Luke touch lea and lea touch him when no one is able to touch him, even kylo ?
How come Snoke is killed in the second movie????
why make a movie that doesn't follow the plot laid in the former one ?
what was the point of Finn and Rose arc ?
What about kilo training? nothing?
What about Rey Training? nothing?
Why make Luke a coward ?
is Rey stronger than luke? how comes she is able to mate him?...come on guys!!

See this movie can't save itself and to me Ryan Johnson just butchered star wars.Sure the prequels have problems and lots of them.Everyone can acknowledge that but this is just awful.Ryan johnson wasn't the man for the job he should have been given an entire new trilogy all for himself.Putting him in this one was a big mistake. He just ruins the all thing to me with his poor choices. Praising that film as the new empire strike back is a definitively a non sense to me. maybe i missed something but That movie was a failure to me.But that is just my opinion though.… Expand

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coachmarinoDec 18, 2017

Honestly, I don't normally review things online, but I had to post one here. The movie is beautiful and the acting is good. There are a lot of very strong moments. The plot is very weak, and it's poorly edited. Johnson was written into aHonestly, I don't normally review things online, but I had to post one here. The movie is beautiful and the acting is good. There are a lot of very strong moments. The plot is very weak, and it's poorly edited. Johnson was written into a lot of corners by JJ Abrams. Instead of playing along and being creative, I feel he mostly threw out Abrams plot and decided to go his own way. The logic tends to fall apart quickly and frequently. While everyone seems to be interested in Rey's parentage, an area most professional reviewers seem to leave out is the problem of Rey's abilities, and how she got so strong with the Force in the first place. Most professional reviewers don't talk about how interesting the idea of a stormtrooper becoming a good guy is, and how this movie wastes that storyline, if not making the character less sympathetic. And the dashing 'flyboy' is castrated, his leadership arc making very little sense given the ridiculous plotting. All of the fan boys, and I guess I'm now included, will get vilified as misogynists for disliking the decisions of the female leaders in this movie. But just HAVING a lot of female characters shouldn't make this a good movie. I like Rey, and I love Leia, but their development is tragic, and the new characters add absolutely nothing in terms of plot development. There are great set pieces in this movie, and were it not for 30 or so terrible prequel-esque minutes, it's well made. But it's gotta be far down the list in terms of rankings for Star Wars movies. I'd say just above the prequels, but far below Rogue One and Force Awakens.… Expand

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evazan21Dec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If I ignore all the other Star Wars movies the plot of this movie is still contrived. The entire second act of the movie only happens as a result of using the "idiot plot" trope. The plot is not driven by characters motivations, instead bizarre scenarios are concocted solely to get characters to act in certain ways.

In the Context of the previous 7 movies this film makes even less sense. No context is given to explain how the characters we are supposed to relate to got themselves or the republic into this situation Episdoes I-VI are made irrelevant in the opening crawl "The FIRST ORDER reigns. Having decimated the peaceful Republic, Supreme Leader Snoke now deploys his merciless legions to seize military control of the galaxy." Episode VII turns out to be a giant Red Herring. Who is Snoke? Why did Lukes light saber reach out to Rey? Why did we hear Obi-Wans voice in Rey's force Dream? The entire plot of TFA revolved around a Map to Luke. Why did this map exist? Why did R2-D2 have half the map? Why did R2-D2 wake from his coma when Rey showed up? Apparently none of that mattered.

I understand making an attempt to subvert the audiences expectations but this movie just seemed to go out of its way to trash everything leading up to it.… Expand

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AFriendlyManDec 18, 2017

Ok... That is my third rate changing... And now I finaly decide that this movie sucks... =( I was watching this with almost less of emotions and... it was ultra boring... First star wars movie, when I was waiting for the end soon.

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JGABINODDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLJ: The most illogical plot i have seen in a while, void of any nuance and epic feel that characterizes STAR WARS. Ok, its hard for me to write this review. Its really hard for me to dislike a STAR WARS movie, i am somewhat positively biased against STAR WARS. The first time i saw the movie at the premiere i was stunned, and shocked on how poorly written and how ridiculous the plot is. In my second viewing i noticed much more writing and creative decisions that dont´t make any sense, story-wise, character-wise, logic-wise, STARWARS universe-wise. Lets start with the good things.

THE GOOD: The technical aspects of the movie are really great, the cinematography and the visual effects are incredible. This movie plays with the color palette and its balance, to a beautiful degree. Also the score its amazing, JOHN WILLIAMS is awesome, and it shows. The way sound mixing and editing blends with the score is ear-dropping. THE BAD: ALMOST everything else. The story is beyond LOGIC for me. Its like if MILLENNIALS teens were behind ALL the story decisions in this movie. Its incredible the amount of forcing a viewer has to do to make SOME sense out of the illogical storyline.

Right in the start they show you the tone of the movie that will be along the 2.5 hr feature. Its unfathomable , for me at least, that a FIRST ORDER "GENERAL" will not engage fire on a ENEMY fighter in attack mode, possessing the highest and most skilled pilot of the RESISTANCE. I mean in FA they did blow up planets with millions of innocent people just to decimate the resistance, and in here you hesitate to BLOW UP the highest and most skilled pilot of the resistance. no, no just no. Then, right after that, why in the world (or galaxy) would they not put any SHIELD to the MOST ADVANCED AND DEADLY attack ship in their arsenal, it just doesn't make any sense. Other aspect, is how they characterized LUKE SKYWALKER. I don´t mind him being and old and scared, and cowardly against everything he stood up for, JUST GIVE ME A LOGICAL EXPLANATION for this. Right off the start, he throws his DAD´s lightsaber to a cliff, WHAT?? Does this play in the same universe emotionally and logically??? It was his DAD´s lightsaber, the one he heroically saved from the EVIL SIDE and died in his arms. Wouldn't he at least show some interest on the memento of his father´s main piece of history. Why throw it for a laugh? its really cheap and bad writing, PRACTICALLY ANYTHING would have been better. WHY in the world would REY be capable of beating LUKE with the force and throw him to the floor. I mean she of course force grabs the lightsaber, and then LUKE force grabs an antenna?? WTF. It just doesn't make any sense. LUKE character is really miles off of what he should represent, and there is no logical explanation behind it. The poor explanation is that he failed his nephew student because he sensed "some" weird darkness in his sleep and hesitated to kill him. WHAT? Its just lazy and poor writing all around, it has no emotional resonance or anything. Before, he saved his EVIL DAD against the odds and faced the most evil person in the galaxy just to vindicate his FATHER, he was willing to sacrifice himself and face death just to see his dad becomes who he once was. Here, he tried to KILL his nephew because he sense some darkness in his dreams? ( i mean everyone from time to time, dreams about darkness). There is no in between, if you sense darkness in somebody, you open dialog with them, talk to his parents, but no, the only explanation in TLJ is to avoid talking any sense into the other person, and TRY to kill him. Its just very messy storytelling.

The space chase is also very thin and ridiculous, time will give people the opportunity to really question RIAN JOHNSON logic behind this. Its just shows the cartoonish incompetence in the first order, its almost like a parody on how to do everything wrong if you want to eliminate your enemy, the problem is that is not funny. They really do not want to kill their enemies, they just wanted to let them go. There are INFINITE ways the FIRST ORDER vessels could have managed this situation better. There were are at least 3-4 ships, added to that of SNOKE´S planet sized ship. and why in the heck, do not they simply allow a single STAR DESTROYER to warp speed ahead of the resistance convo, and attack from different sides. I dont have a problem with REY being from nowhere, in fact, i think is BRILLIANT, it would have been one of the greatest story parts of the new starwars saga, if it wasn't handled so POORLY here. Anyway this movie is an incoherent mess, where logic goes to die, and story telling is thin and without emotion. I am really torn on how this movie turned out to be. There are many other things i didn't like, there are some things i did like. But its appalling how ultimately bad it is.… Expand

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ironhandmxDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Se parece en mucho a Empire strike back's, solo que de fina principio, primero tenemos a Luke y a Rey en un planeta distante en una isla, donde Rey busca respuestas, Luke parece un anciano decepcionado de la vida y dese terminar con los Jedi, después vemos a la Rebelión sufrir muchas bajas y llegan a un planeta de sal donde hay una base rebelde que todo es muy similar a la batalla de Hoth, al final sobreviven muy pocos. Leia debió morir en el espacio y por la "fuerza" regresa del vacio del espacio a la nave y se convierte en la única sobreviviente de los altos mandos, ya que también muere el almirante Acbark, Luke muere de la forma mas extraña y sin sentido que eh visto, Phamas es un personaje extrañamente parecido a Boba Fett, es decir, es una inútil, que habla poco y tiene aspecto mas de Bounty hunter que de Stor trooper y también muere, Snoke es un CGI que también muere por Kylo Ren, el cual lo mata en 5 segundos y le ofrece a Rey se una a el para conquistar la galaxia (algo así como el ofrecimiento de Vader a Luke), Rey lo rechaza y Kylo toma el control del Firt order y orden matar a todos y a todo, sin dejar nada vivo. Por lo que me da la impresión de que Disney desea matar a todos los personajes clásicos para meter nuevos, seguramente por la edad de los actores. Considero que no es la forma de matar a los personajes, pudieron hacerlo mejor, toda la película tiene momentos de humor innecesarios, se deja en claro que los Skywalker ya no importan porque llega una nueva camada de héroes para venderte nuevas figuras de acción. Si crees que Episodio I era mala, esta le arrebata ese lugar.… Expand

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AVeryhonestGuyDec 20, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was hoping this would be a good movie, but I was disappointed. The plot and its execution in the film was awful and it made Luke and Leia's characters have far less influence on the film than they should have had. New characters are introduced so suddenly, and their acting is forced very badly, and one new character in particular really, really gets on my nerves. Carry Fisher and Mark Hamil managed to save a very, very small amount of this movie's integrity with their acting skills, but sadly the executives behind this movie made the film so bad that not even Mark and Fisher could save it. With that out of the way, I'll explain why I can't stand this movie:

1) The plot

In order for you to understand why I dislike the plot and its execution in the film so much, I'll have to explain something from the past first. Remember the original films? Remember how in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi there was a perfect balance between conflict and elaboration on the plot? There was always a right time to have a space battle, a lightsaber duel, or a a clash between two armies, and then there was always a right time to have characters like Obi-Wan and Yoda to deepen the plot. It was a perfect balance. In this film, all of this is poorly executed. The action scenes did a great job at being action scenes, of course, but many of the characters themselves were awful at trying to make the audience care about them. EVERYTHING in this film is rushed, including scenes restricted to just dialogue!

Basically, this movie's plot starts with the good guys, being the Resistance, trying to escape their home base from the bad guys, being the First Order, who are out to completely destroy the good guys. The good guys escape, but then this turns into an on-going chase as the First Order's fleet tries to completely obliterate the Resistance. In between the main plot, we have Rey trying to learn to become a Jedi, and Finn going on a very cringy adventure with a new character that literally adds nothing to the story, but more on that later. The film then ends in a final battle on the planet of Crait between the Resistance and the First Order. You'll understand why the plot is so badly executed in my next points.

2) Mark Hamil's role as Luke Skywalker has been handicapped by bad writing.

Luke Skywalker, along with Leia were undoubtedly highly anticipated characters in this film. Sadly for Luke, however, is the fact that his character has been reduced to a bitter, pessimistic old man living as a hermit. Also, he ends up being a heavily flawed character with poor moral judgement and appears to be incompetent. You'd think that a Jedi Like Luke would have become wiser and very, very powerful, but with great restraint. I pictured him as being more noble. In essence, Luke is angry about the past. What Luke essentially did leading up to the plot of this film was resurrecting the Jedi Order, only to end up having it go right back to near extinction, and he's now a bitter old man who thinks he did all of this for nothing. You'd think he'd manage to show strong resolve like Yoda, but naturally that's not the case. The plot makes him look worthless. What's even worse is the fact that his character is flawed, because out of fear and contempt he tried to kill Kylo Ren in his sleep, when he was still a student in the Jedi Temple. A Jedi like Luke, who managed to defeat Vader and restore balance to the force (although temporarily), one who was always hopeful despite the odds, has been reduced to a sniveling, insecure wimp. To add insult to injury, Luke Skywalker loses a fight to Rey, who is supposed to be completely inexperienced in the Force and is a beginner at best. Now we see that Luke is not only an insecure wimp, he's also an insecure wimp who cannot adequately defend himself in combat, despite the fact that he has been studying the ways of the Force for years, and even managed to resurrect the Jedi Order. Why couldn't the writers just allow him to defeat Rey? Obviously with great restraint, of course, since he is a Jedi, and Jedi should be good.

2) Carrie Fisher's character, being Leia, is also handicapped by the plot.

Leia should have been commanding the Resistance fleet in the entire movie. But no, she has to be unconscious through a large portion of the film and replaced by a new character, who is completely subpar, hesistant and incompentent, until she finally regains consciousness.

3) Rose Tico, a new character, is awful and unnecessary.

Rose Tico is a new character that you probably can't stand. All she is is a character who works on pipes, is socially awkward, and suddenly meets Finn and thinks her life has changed because she had a conversation with a war hero. Once again, forced, awful acting makes her a character that I really dislike, much like Jar Jar. Also, she makes a really stupid decision to save Fin at the end.… Expand

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PocketCriticDec 18, 2017

A fundamentally broken film that boasts stunning visuals, a peppering of great action and a few scenes of tense drama but ultimately requires audiences with any prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe to disengage their brains completely.A fundamentally broken film that boasts stunning visuals, a peppering of great action and a few scenes of tense drama but ultimately requires audiences with any prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe to disengage their brains completely. The film's treatment of legacy characters comes off as disrespectful to long time fans and yet also fails to deliver any compelling character development for the new cast outside of the main antagonist. Established plot points and mystery set up in J.J. Abram's The Force Awakens are squandered for the sake of shock value and the film compromises the integrity of its characters to hold together it's flimsy plot. In The Last Jedi's few moments of brilliance, it is on par with what audiences have seen in the Original Trilogy. In between those few moments of greatness, The Last Jedi struggles to gain a leg up over any of the films in the Prequel Trilogy.… Expand

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gideeup6Dec 18, 2017

The movie ruins every intriguing plot line from the previous movie and obliterates the heart and soul of the original trilogy. We aren't even treated to amazing looking saber duels as for some reason the fight choreography looks awful in theThe movie ruins every intriguing plot line from the previous movie and obliterates the heart and soul of the original trilogy. We aren't even treated to amazing looking saber duels as for some reason the fight choreography looks awful in the 2 main scenes. The weakest offering in the entire Star Wars line, including the prequels.… Expand

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sickicwDec 18, 2017

Such a disappointment. Way too many WTF moments.

There is an entire sub plot that could have been totally cut without any change in the plot. It doesn’t have a good flow from the force awakens. You can definitely tell we got a new directorSuch a disappointment. Way too many WTF moments.

There is an entire sub plot that could have been totally cut without any change in the plot.

It doesn’t have a good flow from the force awakens. You can definitely tell we got a new director for this movie.… Expand

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ChesterFTOFDec 27, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review has been shortened for the character limit. You can find the full review at my blog (Fluctuating Thoughts on Films)

If you know me in person, you’ll know that I enjoy Star Wars. It’s because of this that I was rather nervous for the upcoming (and since arrived) Star Wars movie. The Force Awakens had left a poor taste in my mouth, and nothing else Disney had done with the property was giving me confidence. That isn’t to say I didn’t want it to be good; I wanted it to be great. In case the past tense didn’t give it away, this wasn’t the case after viewing the movie.

Following the iconic, almost ‘jumpscare’-like introduction and credits, I found myself nervous. I found myself laughing at weak performances from various Extras. This opening action sequence also highlights a primary issue with the movie: There is very little to be invested in. Aside from the late Carrie Fisher’s Leia Organa, and Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron, all characters are strangers.

This time around, I found John Boyega’s portrayal of Finn to be far less grating. The acting was toned down a little, and he became far more bearable. Of the returning characters (besides Carrie Fisher) I found him to be the most improved. That’s unfortunate, as his entire subplot could be deleted from the film. Finn and Rose are on a mission to find somebody capable of disabling Snoke’s (Andy Serkis) ship. In the end, however, they fail. Instead, Admiral Holdo (portrayed by Laura Dern) sacrifices herself while going into hyperspace, aimed directly at the aforementioned ship. Star Wars as a franchise is no stranger to humour, but yet again, they overdid it. It seems as though Disney is imposing a joke-per-minute rule. If it isn’t up to par, it won’t be made. It happened in the MCU, and it’s happening here. I can’t take scenes seriously when the characters themselves don’t seem to, and that really hurts the film in the long run. The writing of this film was, quite honestly, abysmal.

There was many baffling lines from the film, though one of my favourites was “You murderous snake!” howled by a furious Daisy Ridley. I don’t feel her acting has improved from the last film, which is an enormous shame. She continues to overact, shouting almost every line in which she is impassioned.The poor script, coupled with weak performances from actors, made this film feel closer to a fan project than an official movie.

One actor who didn’t seem to falter, much to my relief, was Mark Hamill. Though at times I felt he struggled with the poor script he’d been given, he was relatively consistent throughout. Luke’s character had the most depth portrayed on screen, only rivalled perhaps by Kylo Ren. Adam Driver brought a believable sense of vulnerability to the failed Jedi.

Speaking of Snoke, he was one of the weakest elements of the movie by far. That isn’t to knock Andy Serkis’s work. The voice is fantastic as always, but the character was almost entirely pointless. He gets killed in what feels like the end of the second act. It isn’t a dignified death, either. The film seemed rather confused about it’s rating. There was full on decapitation during a fight in what I assume is a kid's film. I’m certainly not complaining; if anything, i’d like more amputation and the like. It just seemed odd how literally thousands of people died during this film, and we’re never given a moment to dwell on that.

The pacing throughout the film is non-stop. You never get time to appreciate John Williams’ score, or enjoy the cinematography, or anything. There’s always something happening. In a shorter movie, that could be fine. When you have a 155 minute running time, however, you can notice a problem. It might have simply been because I was taking notes, but by the end of the film I was exhausted. Finally, I shall quickly talk about the settings. There’s bland spaceships as expected. Luke’s island has some natives. The Porgs, and some odd maid-like beings. They seemed to live to uphold the temple. Finn and Rose also go to a casino, but it’s terribly boring. Apart from the various aliens, it looked like a building from Earth. Snoke’s ship seemed rather odd. There was a pure red background, causing each character to seem terribly out of place. Whether it was a greenscreen or not, I don’t know, but I am quite sure it was a terrible design choice. Finally, there was the planet of Crait. While, for the most part, it was a barren wasteland, it had a few shining features. One were the rather adorable crystal foxes which actually served a plot purpose, unlike the Porgs. Second, the decision to have the surface of the planet be white salt, with red earth beneath it, led to some fantastic visuals.

To close, I feel the film, though showing potential, fell short of it’s mark. If you liked TFA, I'd check it out. If not, I’d suggest saving your money, or wait until it’s on DVD.… Expand

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DarthThulhuDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A disappointing, bloated failure, easily as bad as the worst of the prequels ... except emotionally worse, because now they're not just defiling the old Jedi Order, they're defiling Leia Organa and Yoda and Luke Skywalker himself.

The Good: CGI is pretty, practical effects are fun, there are some individually good character moments and several decent battle thrills. A lot like Suicide Squad and the first Star Wars prequels, in that regard.

The Bad:

1) Every "Mystery Box" element from The Force Awakens is cheaply thrown away, making that movie a far lesser experience. Knowing that this dismissive "Who cares?!?" is the answer to all those questions from that movie, there is now no reason to care about most of that movie at all.

2) Every political and historical point in the previous movie (and entire series) is thrown away. The entire concept of a Galaxy-wide Republic is forgotten, and three capital ships and a ridiculously-stupid fleet of "bombers" are apparently the sum total of vessels willing to oppose the First Order. This is made all the worse in that this pathetic "Resistance" keeps forgetting to call itself a Resistance, and keeps inaccurately mislabeling itself as a Rebellion instead.

3) Speaking of dismissively throwing away history without a single word: Admiral Ackbar

4) The Resistance's bombers are quite possibly the most ridiculously useless spaceships seen anywhere in this franchise. Y-Wings did the job a dozen times better, by not being ponderous sitting ducks without defensive weapons, and also by not being silly rube-goldberg devices that take multiple minutes to arm and drop a payload.

5) The goofy, two-hour Battlestar Galactica chase has so many plot holes. Why doesn't the First Order call in reinforcements to surround the fleeing ships? Why doesn't the First Order warp some ships ahead to surround the fleeing ships? Why doesn't the First Order maintain ships in orbit of Krayt to shoot at rescue ships coming in (like the Millennium Falcon) and escape ships trying to get out (again, like the Millennium Falcon)? Why doesn't the First Order just once again "track through hyperspace" the fleeing Rebels (sorry, RESISTANCE)? The ability of the Millennium Falcon to get in unmolested, putter around close-to-unmolested, and get away without still being tracked makes absolutely Zero sense, given the setup as presented by this film.

The Ugly:

1) Luke Skywalker is willing to be a reluctant book-burner. To show him up, Yoda comes back from death solely to become an ENTHUSIASTIC book-burner.

2) Luke Skywalker's character and memory is violated in almost every conceivable way, up to and including being dismissively thrown away with no clear explanation at all. (Yes, I know that the director has gone around giving explanations about what the heck happened on the Internet. ProTip: if you need to make Internet explanations about what the heck went on in your movie's climax, you have released an incoherent movie.)

3) Snoke is a true idiot, an oblivious can of Diet Palpatine thrown away without any consequence

4) Phasma also means nothing, and continues her unimpressive incompetence from the last movie

5) Last but not least, Leia is Mary Poppins, y'all… Expand

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BuckworthDec 18, 2017

I generally suspend disbelief for a good space drama, unfortunately this mess is the first movie in the series where I walked out disappointed. It really feels like the plot of tESB & RotJ were haphazardly mashed together...while at the sameI generally suspend disbelief for a good space drama, unfortunately this mess is the first movie in the series where I walked out disappointed. It really feels like the plot of tESB & RotJ were haphazardly mashed together...while at the same time the director/writer threw the baby out with the bathwater in his overt desire to reboot the series and make it his own. Too many pointless characters/plot lines and too many un-dismiss-able plot holes. There are some excellent sequences and you can see the elements of a great story...but they fail under the weight of nonsensical script choices. Years ago RotS almost snapped me out of my adoration for Star Wars...but this mediocre film is the worst in the series, and the first that does not deserve a place in our beloved fantasy world.… Expand

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AussiehawkerDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A lot of visual and production effort utterly wasted on a story that isn't just poor, but actively stamps on the original movies. So I've been thinking. What was the point of this movie? Other then stomping over the mystery boxes of JJ Abrams. I mean they spent 4 billion dollars on just buying Star Wars, let alone all the other costs. How the **** does Disney not have a ****ing plan? This is supposed to be three movies to cover a story. I expected, the TLJ to expand on characters and explain events in a cohesive narrative that sets up the next instalment. But instead it explains nothing and doesn't advance the "plot" at all, just meanders around for 2 and half hours.

So let's look at the character arcs.

Finn. When I mentioned in my first post How I don't hate any of the characters, other then Rose and Luke, just pity them, Finn was chief in my mind. But of course it wasn't just this movie. Across two movies he has been criminally mishandled. So the core concept is great. Brainwashed Enemy Soldier that switches sides and fights for the good guys. But they immediately just trash it. I think one of my core reasons why I hated Rey so much more in Force Awakens that this, is because she and Finn were seperated. They seem to bring out the worst in each other. Finn acts like a cowardly moronic comic relief character while Rey is a turbo **** to him.

Finn Is Better in Last Jedi. But he clearly had nothing to do, so they give him a completely useless sub plot that is hamfisted and gets more rebels killed. And a tacked on romance, that I felt zero chemistry from. One that ends up throwing him literally off course from saving the rebels, to be smashed into the ground to be told done trite **** by Rose. **** Rose.

So what was the point? He had no character growth. Getting a girlfriend isn't character growth. Having another rematch with useless Chrome Lady Stormtrooper isn't character growth.

Poe. So he had a character arc. Too bad it was a ****ing stupid one. What is his lesson? Don't worry if your commander sounds like a moron in a evening dress who has no idea what they are doing and is just bleating trite nothing ****. No just obey orders and go like a sheep to the slaughter. Or that the rebellion is so ****ed that trading a collection of the worst bombers ever and a few star fighters for a massive ship is bad.

Poe seems to be largely rooted in having nothing much to do with him. Hell I'm not even sure if he was supposed to survive the Force Awakens. It felt like he died, and then was written back in at a later point because we need a cocky rogue.

The Mutiny is pointless ****, that could have been solved by anybody ****ing communicating. Hell the movie seems to love abusing him. Leia slapping him. Getting mocked for being demoted just for asking if they had a ****ing plan. Then Leia ****ing stuns him for a laugh from the audience. Why? He clearly idolises her. She could have just said "hey I have a plan, stop your mutiny".

Of course the movie also contained a perfectly arc that they squandered. Simple. Have Leia die. Boom. The hot headed flyboy, used to commanding a small squad in battle is now left in command of the rebellion in retreat. Every instinct screams turn and fight. But he can't. He struggles to command. Everything seems doomed. And then Leia appears as a force ghost to give a small Obi Wan in the trench style, advice in time for him to pull a way out.

Now Rey. The Mary Sue stuff is still there, but she and the writers are being less ****y about it. But she doesn't have a arc. She has parental angst in a mystery box, and then lol nobody drunks . Which isn't a bad idea in its lonesome ( but does ruin her defenders 'Muh secret force training' defense). But it isn't a arc in itself. Then she has weird connection with Kylo and force. But what. We are told she is tempted. Not shown it. She doesn't give in and do anything bad. She doesn't really do anything. She was just a pawn between Snoke and Kylo. Snoke thinks he is using her, but actually she was being used by Kylo to slay Snoke and kill his guards.

Kylo. He started the movie conflicted, freshly humiliated and why he was dabbling in the dark side unanswered. And he ends the movie conflicted, freshly humiliated, why he was dabbling in the dark side unaswered and in command. That isn't a character arc. He isn't going good. He isn't getting worse, as he couldn't take out Leia. He isn't less conflicted. Maybe he is a bit more conflicted.

The main hint of a arc is taking his Vader hero worship with the helmet, and smashing it to bits. But that was one scene, and It felt more winking at the audience then coherent plotting. Hey look this guy is still crazy and out of control. Lol.

But where are they supposed to take him? Redeem him? Kill him?

Hell What does he want? Why is he a Space school shooter? What is he even going to do with the first order's fleet?… Expand

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gegham-ayvazyanDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can't understand how people can like this movie. I am a star wars fan, and was very excited about the new movie. But after about 30 minutes the movie started, the expectations from the movie went down. Overall visuals, OST and actors' performance is on a top level, no doubt; but the overall movie plot does not make any sense. My only hope for this movie is, that the directors are "collecting" all the cool stuff to be filmed in the final episode, and then maybe it would make sense.

Here is a list of things I wanted to point out (spoilers):
- Kylo was not able to shoot at the cruiser, where was his mother: this was very emotional and heartbreaking part, but after seeing Leia performing a "Superman stunt" was a total buzzkill.
- Was afraid that the movie would end the moment Luke confronts Kylo, but now I guess it would be a good cliffhanger than having Luke killed in a some strange way
- Luke Skywalker fighting Kylo Ren was kinda cool, but the "Ghost Jedi" thing was a bit unnecessary imho.
- Was expecting some revelations about Snoke & Rey - Who they are, and where they come from. My only hope is that these would be revealed in the final chapter.
- The only thing that was keeping entertained was the porgs part: silly creatures stealing attention to not dive into details.

Overall I am very disappointed about this movie, just hope that it was all done in purpose - to make final episode awesome.… Expand

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marioespinoza22Dec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don´t understand what´s going on with the Saga, the first order is a joke, disrespectful how they treat hux starting the movie, the last scene from snoke that all the people were laughing, what kind of humor is that? where is the supremacy of first order? just like the first trilogy did with the empire, even on rogue one was fantastic.

The force, that happen with the force? it looks they take it to another level surrealistic, it not looks credible, the force has never been look like a super power since I watched this movie. I´am really worried with what is approaching with Star wars.… Expand

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nikita_klDec 19, 2017

Очень отвратное произведение, поганящее вселенную звездных войн. Никакой самостоятельности, второй эпизод подряд идет эксплуатация прошлых классических частей. Примитивные ходы, нераскрытые персонажи. Очень абсурдные действия, поведение тогоОчень отвратное произведение, поганящее вселенную звездных войн. Никакой самостоятельности, второй эпизод подряд идет эксплуатация прошлых классических частей. Примитивные ходы, нераскрытые персонажи. Очень абсурдные действия, поведение того же Люка противоречит канону и идеи джедаев.… Expand

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TrollmachineDec 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute garbage. One of the worst script I've ever seen in sci-fi films. It's full of plotholes, inconsistencies and idiotic characters. Not to mention violating even the simplest laws of physics like neglecting weightless in space or surviving in space without a spacesuit.

I feel really sorry for Hamill that he had to play that character, what they've done with Luke Skywalker is outrageous. With age comes wisdom? That's not about him in this movie, in Episode VIII with age comes obtusity, cowardice and lunacy. Yes that's how Luke Skywalker depicted there as obtuce timid lunatic who looks like he needs immidiate medical treatment.

If you are interested who's Snoke, why Rey has force abilities, why Ren suddenly turned into dark side, you will find no answers, moreover Snoke seems to be removed from the storyline being killed like an idiot in the middle of the film, this is probably one of the ''surprise twists'' creators were talking about.

There are no positives sides in the film except for decent play of Hamill and del Toro. Many people say about stunning visuals, but come on, who you can surprise with visuals in 2017? Modern technologies allow to make pretty good visuals even in mediocre sci-fi, let alone such expensive works like Star Wars, so this is no longer a feature you can brag about.… Expand

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RDStirlingDec 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only a fisherman’s net has more holes than the Last of the Jedi’s Plotline. Who wrote the map to find Luke Skywalker? Especially since he didn’t want to be found. Why did Luke die the way he did? He just literally disappeared into the sun. Who is this Snoke exactly? And even though he could manipulate Ben Solos mind and even predict his every move, it was almost humorous him bragging about this and then Ben Solos killing him just seconds later. Why didn’t the First Order kill the Resistance’s transport ships all at once? Instead they pick one off at a time. It was so predictable that obviously some would escape. Why couldn’t Holdo simply set a timer for a lightspeed jump and climb into an escape pod instead of sacrificing herself? She could have survived easily. And why didn’t see tell her plans to Poe? Which could have avoided so much mess…… I could list a dozen more plotholes. Plus this whole movie just felt like far left liberal hollywood propaganda bullcr@p rather than Star Wars. If we are going to have a female protagonist then OK, great. But Luke Skywalker was supposed to be the “One” and he couldn’t lift one rock with his mind when he was getting taught by Yoda for WEEKS. Now this female protagonist doesn’t even get three lessons from Luke Skywalker and she can wield a sword better than most and lift hundreds of boulders. This film try's so hard to be all inclusive with too many political points that the scripts reads like an SJW's students essay on a Canadian’s college campus.
1.) Strong overpowered female protagonist who is basically flawless and never makes mistakes? Check! 2.) female leader leading the rebels and can fly through space like superman “check”! 3.), The vice admiral being another female leader who looks like someone who takes gender studies with purple hair "check", 4.) Female stormtrooper who can’t get shot like a normal stormtrooper “check”, 5.) main character good guys being black, Asian, Hispanic “check” or white females "check", 6.) female saving male character and basically being smarter and making correct decisions “check”. 7.) Every evil character being a white male "check", 8.) white guys being made fun of because of his "pasty skin" "check". Chewbacca becoming vegetarian, animal rights abuses, diversity, interracial relationships, weapons profiteering. This is supposed to be a galaxy far far away! I understand wanting to give us this diversity, especially if the film is so big. But it seems that these over arching plotlines and stories just to make the characters fit. Has left a Star Wars with a watered down story that nobody cares about. At least DO IT Right, at least develop the characters properly!. By the end of the movie I didn't care about any of it.… Expand

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IsaidgooddaysirDec 22, 2017

Regardless of how you feel characters were handled, there are so many problems with the film. Whether it's the miss matched humor for the series. All of the casino / Rose sequences or the plot points that make no sense. Rather than anotherRegardless of how you feel characters were handled, there are so many problems with the film. Whether it's the miss matched humor for the series. All of the casino / Rose sequences or the plot points that make no sense. Rather than another edition to a beloved film series. This ends up as just another disappointing, stereotypically Hollywood schlock-fest. Very surprised, especially with the directors previous work.… Expand

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PetjonDec 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Over half the movie is straight up filler. Finn and rose go to a casino planet and do nothing for 30 minutes or more. Like straight up nothing.
The whole rebel alliance are mentally handicapped that pretty much kills themselves for no reason, and everything could have been solved if COMMANDER PURPLE HAIR TOLD THEM THE PLAN.
Purple hair is the sole reason why the rebel army almost got destroyed. Leya had a fake out death, everyone in the cinema got quiet and saw Leya float in death cold. It was sad. AND THEN SUDDENLY LEYA TURNED INTO SUPERMAN AND FLEW BACK TO THE SHIP.
It was so god damn stupid it hurt me on a level i did not think was possible.
Snoke died pretty anti-climatic and we have no idea what he was who he was or what he wanted.

The only good part in the movie that really saved it from a lower score was Kylo Ren, everytime he was on the screen i was hooked and i really wished that the movie had focused more on Kylo, Rey, luke and snoke. Learning why the Jedi failed and what the future needs.
Instead we got a rushed ending and suddenly Rey can use the force whenever she want. with no training. Only see this movie if you can do it for free because half the movie is just no worth the money and the other half is decent. But not good enough to carry the whole movie.… Expand

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egoBorderDec 19, 2017

This movie isn't all bad by a long shot. In fact it has some really great moments that bridge the gap to even the original trilogy. And I commend the movie and Rian Johnson for taking some big risks and going to unexpected places. TheThis movie isn't all bad by a long shot. In fact it has some really great moments that bridge the gap to even the original trilogy. And I commend the movie and Rian Johnson for taking some big risks and going to unexpected places. The problem is that overall, the result is pretty confusing and alien to the franchise.

The Last Jedi doesn't exactly feel like a continuation of what we saw in the last film, and it doesn't seem to lead anywhere that is very interesting. Characters often act like different people, and MANY things that were set up in The Force Awakens (in some cases as intriguing and important, but even inconsequential things) are paid off to little effect. But at the same time, the actions that take place throughout the film aren't resolved in a way that is compelling, so it feels less exciting than tedious to have to wait for the next installment.

The Last Jedi is a well-intentioned sequel but unfortunately slight mishandlings and some structural problems result in an entry that probably won't be beloved by many people. It's worth getting your butt into a movie theatre seat, but be ready to forget the movie very soon after seeing it.… Expand

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TibirDec 19, 2017

I love Star Wars and was always some kind of fanboy. But this movie shows that it was wrong to use old characters and it shouldnt be a sequel. As a standalone movie I liked it, I had fun. But as a Star Wars I hate it, it is way too much humorI love Star Wars and was always some kind of fanboy. But this movie shows that it was wrong to use old characters and it shouldnt be a sequel. As a standalone movie I liked it, I had fun. But as a Star Wars I hate it, it is way too much humor in there and on the wrong spots, Its not serious anymore and lost so much Star Wars feeling.It destroys the old legacy and the characters episode 7 introduced.… Expand

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dslimpullsDec 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. FYI: I'm not a bot John Campea/Collider Crew... Watched the film twice. The first time I was overwhelmed by what I saw so I knew I needed to see it again. After I watched it for a second time I started to have real issues with it besides Luke's character arc. Major plot points set up in TFA are never answered or just brushed to the side... The logic of Star Wars was completely changed... Somehow force ghosts can affect the world, and you no longer need training to use the force in advanced ways... Hell, even LEIA CAN SOMEHOW FLY THROUGH SPACE... HOW?? Also the writing in this film is poor... Finn's storyline could've been cut out with Rey doing actual training. Instead we got forced political themes like animal cruelty and capitalism.. Which is completely funny because it's DISNEY... The company that is turning into a monopoly... Anyways, the movie was visually stunning and felt like Star Wars, but the fact that the characters haven't progressed at all in this second film makes me less excited for the finale of the trilogy. Also... Luke milking **** WHY!!!!!!… Expand

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HunOrionDec 19, 2017

This movie is just simply bad; after 90 minutes, I realized nothing good will come out of this.
The most fascinating thing about this movie is that there are no negative reviews from critics, while 50% of the users hate this movie.

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AviatorMoserDec 19, 2017

This was a poorly directed and written film. I say this not because I was upset with any huge twist in the plot (there isn't one). I say this because the film basically crammed in too many side plots and unnecessary sequences so that theThis was a poorly directed and written film. I say this not because I was upset with any huge twist in the plot (there isn't one). I say this because the film basically crammed in too many side plots and unnecessary sequences so that the actual story arcs are too shallow and predictable. There is little suspense. I never felt like the characters were in any real danger. And when one character that I did care for seemed to be gone forever, it was brought back within a few minutes. The only mildly interesting scenes were the ones with Luke Skywalker. The film does answer our questions about what happened between Luke and Kylo Ren. But the film doesn't really provide any deeper insight into our characters. Who is Snoke? Where did he come from? Why is he Supreme Ruler? How did he begin to seduce Ben Solo to the dark side? How in the heck does the New Order have so much resources after the Empire was defeated? Why does the New Order want to bring the end to the Republic? Why is the Republic so weak even after destroying the Star Killer or whatever it's called? Why is Rey so invested in the Force and her destiny? Why does Kylo Ren want to be the next Vader?

None of these questions are answered, and they probably never will. Instead we are just taken on a roller coaster of side sequences around the Luke-Rey-Kylo plot that are repetitive and do not invest our emotions. Most of these sequences are just dumb and without consequence. They are just meant to carry the film because the actual parts you care about are maybe 20 minutes of the movie.

This was a wasted opportunity. Let there be no mistake. This is not our generation's Empire Strikes Back. Not even close. This is a Marvel superhero movie dressed up as a Star Wars flick. Tons of dumb headache-inducing sequences with a thin plot and new characters without any depth. This film will not stand the test of time by any measure.… Expand

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xnashDec 19, 2017

The movie has had good ideas, but the storyline is so basic, the drama and tension became a simply explication, maybe because they were thinking in keep the movie in G and not under PG rated. The lost of the mystic and the effort to erase theThe movie has had good ideas, but the storyline is so basic, the drama and tension became a simply explication, maybe because they were thinking in keep the movie in G and not under PG rated. The lost of the mystic and the effort to erase the Star Wars "old school", become anoying.
For my, this is the final confirmation of the SW's dead. Since now, it became a set of jedi's chiché and stuff to keep the merchandising growing up and keeping the movie away from PG to the conquest of more childs.… Expand

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felipemaiafDec 19, 2017

This movie is so bad that I created an account to review it. Even all those nice dogfights would make this **** a good movie. So many plot holes, poor character construction, 0 **** to previous movies and the list goes on

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KarkaisDec 20, 2017

I will attempt to keep this review spoiler-free. I saw this movie on saturday. I came out of the cinema feeling conflicted. Last Jedi continues Rey's personal journey towards becoming a jedi, sheds light on Kylo Ren's past, and shows theI will attempt to keep this review spoiler-free. I saw this movie on saturday. I came out of the cinema feeling conflicted. Last Jedi continues Rey's personal journey towards becoming a jedi, sheds light on Kylo Ren's past, and shows the resistances continuing plight against the war machine of the first order. Unfortunately the way the movie does this, does not sit well with me. The movie is too enamored at pulling the rug out from under viewers expectations. It is one continuing sequence of plot twists and turns, most of the time for no particularly good reason. By doing this too much, it manages to undermine the emotional value of its characters and action. Most of the time I don't feel like cheering for the heroes, or being excited about what happens to them next, since they are mostly unlikeable and unrelatable. For example Laura Dern's character comes out of nowhere and establishes herself as unlikeable with the first words that come out of her mouth, so I am not at all interested in her ultimate fate despite it being a major event. Somebody might be excited by the terrific visual effects, but I'm not, especially since the whole fleet chase is utterly ridiculous in its unbelievability. The movie also has several utterly wasted and shallow characters and scenes that fall flat. Such as poor Phasma, who could have been entirely cut from the movie and nobody would have noticed. Benicio Del Toro's character is nothing but a shallow plot device, and his screentime can be calculated in seconds. He also has no redeeming qualities that would make us root for him. He comes, does his plot thing, and leaves. We forget him instantly. The porgs are more annoying than funny, and I'm not a fan of the ham-fisted vegan message of Chewbacca scene. There is also too much negativity in the movie to make it really feel 'heroic' or 'epic'. Everything the main characters do, is failure in one form or another. This, coupled with the director's pathological need of surprising the viewers, is not really enjoyable to watch, sorry. Yes, this follows the SW formula of trilogies, where the middle chapter puts the heroes through their darkest times, but too much is too much. There is simply not enough to like about the movie. Speaking of failures, the worst crime the movie commits is not telling the story of Luke Skywalker. By this I mean the events that happened between return of the Jedi and this film. You'd imagine that after fans waited 30 years for Luke to kick ass as a Jedi master, we would be treated to at least some. I am not opposed to what happened to Luke in this movie. The scenes were cool and appropriate. The problem are the things that remained untold, because Luke's entire life after destruction of the first death star appears to be a failure. I guess it maintains with the movies ultimate downer theme. The one thing that does work in this movie, is Rey and Kylo and everything related to them. Kylo Ren's story and his interaction with Rey is very interesting and I look forward to seeing what happens to them next. However Rey and Kylo remain almost entirely detached from the rest of the movie. You could have removed Kylo and Rey from the movie and everything between resistance and first order would have still happened. The whole movie is fragmented in this way and I don't like it. Kylo and Rey story are the only positive thing about the movie, so its not a total loss. (However I wish we could've made without the obligatory shirtless scene; which is so predictable now its almost a meme. Thor did it mere weeks before in Thor Ragnarok so its even more blatant)

There is also the thing that Last Jedi continues to copy the original trilogy (particularly empire strikes back) pretty blatantly, unfortunately I can't go into specifics without introducing spoilers.… Expand

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